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                      SECURITY FUNDS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
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SECURITY INCOME FUND
SECURITY MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
SECURITY CASH FUND
MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY BENEFIT GROUP OF COMPANIES
700 HARRISON, TOPEKA, KANSAS 66636-0001


                         SUPPLEMENT DATED JULY 26, 2000
                         TO PROSPECTUS DATED MAY 1, 2000


The Fund's exchange privilege is amended on the following accounts for which the
Investment Manager serves as custodian:

*  403(b)(7) accounts
*  SEPP accounts (simplified employee pension plans)
*  SIMPLE Plans (IRA and 401(k))

Effective  September  26,  2000,  shareholders  of such  accounts  may no longer
exchange their shares of  Diversified  Income Fund or High Yield Fund for shares
of Cash Fund.  (In  addition,  shares of Cash Fund are no longer  available  for
purchase under such accounts as of September 26, 2000.)

THIS PROSPECTUS IS AMENDED BY DELETING THE SECTION, "EXCHANGE PRIVILEGE," IN ITS
ENTIRETY AND REPLACING IT WITH THE FOLLOWING.

EXCHANGE  PRIVILEGE  --  Shareholders  who own shares of the Funds may  exchange
those shares for shares of  Diversified  Income Fund or High Yield Fund,  or for
shares of the other mutual funds distributed by the Distributor, which currently
include  Security  Growth and  Income,  Equity,  Global,  Total  Return,  Social
Awareness,  Mid Cap Value,  Small Cap  Growth,  Enhanced  Index,  International,
Select 25, Large Cap Growth,  Technology and Ultra Funds.  Shareholders who hold
their shares in a tax-qualified  retirement plan may also exchange shares of the
Funds for shares of Capital  Preservation  Fund, but may not exchange  shares of
the Funds for shares of Municipal Bond Fund. Shareholders, except those who have
purchased through the following  custodial  accounts of the Investment  Manager,
403(b)(7)  accounts,  SEPP  accounts and SIMPLE Plans,  may also exchange  their
shares for shares of Cash Fund.

Exchanges  may be made only in those  states where shares of the fund into which
an exchange is to be made are qualified for sale. No service fee or sales charge
is presently  imposed on such an exchange.  Shares of a particular  class of the
Funds  may be  exchanged  only for  shares  of the same  class of  another  fund
distributed by the  Distributor or for shares of Cash Fund, if available,  which
offers a single class of shares. Any applicable contingent deferred sales charge
will be imposed  upon  redemption  and  calculated  from the date of the initial
purchase without regard to the time shares were held in Cash Fund.

For tax  purposes,  an exchange is a sale of shares that may result in a taxable
gain or loss. Special rules may apply to determine the amount of gain or loss on
an exchange occurring within ninety days after purchase of the exchanged shares.

Exchanges of Class A shares from  Diversified  Income,  High Yield and Municipal
Bond Funds are made at net asset value  without a front-end  sales charge if (1)
the  shares  have  been  owned  for at least 90  consecutive  days  prior to the
exchange,  (2) the shares  were  acquired  pursuant to a prior  exchange  from a
Security Fund which assessed a sales charge on the original purchase, or (3) the
shares were  acquired as a result of the  reinvestment  of  dividends or capital
gains  distributions.  Exchanges of Class A shares from Diversified Income, High
Yield and Municipal Bond Funds,  other than those described  above,  are made at
net asset value plus the sales charge  described in the  prospectus of the other
Security Fund being acquired,  less the sales charge paid on the shares of these
Funds at the time of original purchase.

Because Cash Fund does not impose a sales  charge or  commission  in  connection
with sales of its shares,  any  exchange of Cash Fund  shares  acquired  through
direct purchase or reinvestment of dividends will be based on the respective net
asset values of the shares  involved and a sales charge will be imposed equal to
the sales  charge  that  would be  charged  such  shareholder  if he or she were
purchasing for cash.

Shareholders  should contact the Fund before  requesting an exchange in order to
ascertain  whether  any  sales  charges  are  applicable  to  the  shares  to be
exchanged.  In effecting the exchanges of Fund shares,  the  Investment  Manager
will first cause to be exchanged  those shares which would not be subject to any
sales charges. The terms of an  employee-sponsored  retirement plan may affect a
shareholder's  right to exchange  shares as described  above.  Contact your plan
sponsor or administrator  to determine if all of the exchange options  discussed
above are available under your plan.

Exchanges are made upon receipt of a properly completed  Exchange  Authorization
form.  A current  prospectus  of the fund into which an exchange is made will be
given to each stockholder exercising this privilege.

To  exchange   shares  by  telephone,   a   shareholder   must  hold  shares  in
non-certificate  form and must  either have  completed  the  Telephone  Exchange
section of the application or a Telephone Transfer  Authorization form which may
be obtained from the Investment Manager. Once authorization has been received by
the  Investment  Manager,  a  shareholder  may  exchange  shares by telephone by
calling  the  Funds at (800)  888-2461,  extension  3127,  on  weekdays  (except
holidays)  between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.  Central time.  Exchange
requests  received by telephone  after the close of the New York Stock  Exchange
(normally  3 p.m.  Central  time)  will be treated  as if  received  on the next
business day. The exchange  privilege,  including  telephone  exchanges,  may be
changed  or  discontinued  at any time by either the  Investment  Manager or the
Funds upon 60 days' notice to shareholders.
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SECURITY FUNDS
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PROSPECTUS


MAY 1, 2000,
AS SUPPLEMENTED JULY 26, 2000



*  Security Diversified Income Fund (Formerly U.S. Government Fund)

*  Security High Yield Fund

*  Security Municipal Bond Fund

*  Security Cash Fund


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The  Securities and Exchange  Commission  has not approved or disapproved  these
securities  or passed upon the  accuracy or  adequacy  of this  prospectus.  Any
representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
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                                                SECURITY DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
                                                A Member of The Security Benefit
                                                Group of Companies
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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS
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FUNDS' OBJECTIVES...........................................................   2
    Security Diversified Income Fund........................................   2
    Security High Yield Fund................................................   2
    Security Municipal Bond Fund............................................   2
    Security Cash Fund......................................................   2
FUNDS' PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES......................................   2
    Security Diversified Income Fund........................................   2
    Security High Yield Fund................................................   3
    Security Municipal Bond Fund............................................   4
    Security Cash Fund......................................................   5
MAIN RISKS..................................................................   5
    Interest Rate Risk......................................................   5
    Credit Risk.............................................................   5
    Prepayment Risk.........................................................   5
    Special Risks Associated with Mortgage-Backed Securities................   5
    Special Risks Associated with Interest Rate Swap Agreements.............   6
    Options and Futures.....................................................   6
    Foreign Securities......................................................   6
    Restricted Securities...................................................   6
    High Yield Securities...................................................   6
    Municipal Market Risk...................................................   6
    Lack of Diversification.................................................   6
    Additional Information..................................................   6
PAST PERFORMANCE............................................................   6
FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUNDS..............................................  10
INVESTMENT MANAGER..........................................................  12
    Management Fees.........................................................  12
    Portfolio Managers......................................................  12
BUYING SHARES...............................................................  13
    Class A Shares..........................................................  13
    Class A Distribution Plan...............................................  13
    Class B Shares..........................................................  13
    Class B Distribution Plan...............................................  13
    Class C Shares..........................................................  14
    Class C Distribution Plan...............................................  14
    Cash Fund...............................................................  14
    Waiver of Deferred Sales Charge.........................................  15
    Confirmations and Statements............................................  15
SELLING SHARES..............................................................  15
    By Mail.................................................................  15
    By Telephone............................................................  16
    By Broker...............................................................  16
    Cash Fund...............................................................  16
    Payment of Redemption Proceeds..........................................  16
DIVIDENDS AND TAXES.........................................................  16
    Tax on Distributions....................................................  16
    Taxes on Sales or Exchanges.............................................  17
    Backup Withholding......................................................  17
DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE............................................  17
SHAREHOLDER SERVICES........................................................  17
    Accumulation Plan.......................................................  17
    Systematic Withdrawal Program...........................................  17
    Exchange Privilege......................................................  18
    Retirement Plans........................................................  19
GENERAL INFORMATION.........................................................  19
    Shareholder Inquiries...................................................  19
INVESTMENT POLICIES AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES................................  19
    Convertible Securities..................................................  20
    Foreign Securities......................................................  20
    Asset-Backed Securities.................................................  20
    Mortgage-Backed Securities..............................................  20
    Restricted Securities...................................................  21
    Lower Rate Debt Securities..............................................  21
    U.S. Government Securities..............................................  21
    Guaranteed Investment Contracts ("GICs")................................  21
    Cash Reserves...........................................................  22
    Borrowing...............................................................  22
    Futures and Options.....................................................  22
    Swaps, Caps, Floors and Collars.........................................  22
    When-Issued Securities and Forward Commitment Contracts.................  22
    Portfolio Turnover......................................................  23
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS........................................................  23
APPENDIX A
    Description of Short-Term Instruments...................................  28
    Description of Commercial Paper Ratings.................................  28
    Description of Corporate Bond Ratings...................................  28
APPENDIX B
    Description of Municipal Bond Ratings...................................  30
    Ratings of Short-Term Securities........................................  31
APPENDIX C
    Reduced Sales Charges...................................................  32
SECURITY CASH FUND APPLICATION..............................................  34
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FUNDS' OBJECTIVES

Described below are the investment objectives for each of the Funds. Each Fund's
Board  of  Directors  may  change  the  Fund's   investment   objective  without
shareholder  approval.  As with any  investment,  there can be no guarantee  the
Funds will achieve their investment objectives.

SECURITY DIVERSIFIED INCOME FUND -- The Diversified Income Fund seeks to provide
a high level of interest income with security of principal.

SECURITY  HIGH YIELD FUND -- The High  Yield  Fund  seeks high  current  income.
Capital appreciation is a secondary objective.

SECURITY  MUNICIPAL BOND FUND -- The Municipal Bond Fund seeks to obtain as high
a level of  interest  income  exempt from  regular  federal  income  taxes as is
consistent with preservation of stockholders' capital.

SECURITY  CASH FUND -- The Cash Fund seeks as high a level of current  income as
is consistent with preservation of capital and liquidity.

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WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO "PRESERVE CAPITAL"?  CAPITAL, also called PRINCIPAL, refers
to the  amount of money  that you  invest in a fund.  If you choose to have your
dividends and other distributions reinvested in additional shares of a fund, the
amount of the distributions will be added to your initial investment to increase
the amount of your capital.  A fund that seeks to preserve  capital  attempts to
conserve the investor's  purchase  payments and reinvested  dividends.  However,
there can be no assurance  that any fund will be successful  in preserving  your
capital.
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FUNDS' PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

SECURITY DIVERSIFIED INCOME FUND -- The Fund pursues its objective, under normal
circumstances,  by investing primarily in a diversified  portfolio of investment
grade debt securities.  The Fund expects to maintain a weighted average duration
of 4 to 10 years.  The debt  securities in which the Fund invests will primarily
be  domestic  securities,  but  may  also  include  dollar  denominated  foreign
securities.  To manage risk, Security  Management Company,  LLC (the "Investment
Manager")  diversifies  the Fund's  holdings  among asset classes and individual
securities.  Some of the  asset  classes  in which the Fund may  invest  include
investment  grade corporate debt  securities,  high yield debt securities  (also
known as "junk bonds"), investment grade mortgage-backed securities,  investment
grade asset-backed securities,  U.S. Government securities and total return swap
agreements.

The Fund may also  invest  a  portion  of its  assets  in  options  and  futures
contracts. These instruments may be used to hedge the Fund's portfolio,  enhance
income,  or as a substitute for purchasing or selling  securities.  The Fund may
invest in restricted securities as described under "Main Risks," page 5.

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DEBT  SECURITIES,  which are also called BONDS or DEBT  OBLIGATIONS,  are like a
loan. The issuer of the bond, which could be the U.S. Government, a corporation,
or a city or state, borrows money from investors and agrees to pay back the loan
amount (the  PRINCIPAL)  on a certain date (the  MATURITY  DATE).  Usually,  the
issuer also agrees to pay  interest  on certain  dates  during the period of the
loan. Some bonds,  such as ZERO COUPON BONDS,  do not pay interest,  but instead
pay back more at maturity than the original loan. Most bonds pay a fixed rate of
interest  (or  income),   although  some  bonds'   interest   rates  may  adjust
periodically based upon a market rate. Payment-in-kind bonds pay interest in the
form of additional securities.

INVESTMENT  GRADE  SECURITIES are debt securities that have been determined by a
rating agency to have a medium to high probability of being paid, although there
is always a risk of default. Investment grade securities are rated BBB, A, AA or
AAA by Standard & Poor's Corporation and Fitch Investors  Service,  Inc. or Baa,
A, Aa or Aaa by Moody's Investors Service.

TOTAL RETURN SWAP AGREEMENTS  involve the payment by the Fund of a floating rate
of interest in exchange for the total rate of return on a benchmark  index.  For
example, instead of investing in the securities of a particular benchmark index,
the Fund could enter into a swap  agreement  and receive the total return of the
benchmark index, in return for a floating rate payment to the counterparty.
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The Investment  Manager uses a "bottom-up"  approach in selecting  asset classes
and securities.  The Investment Manager emphasizes  rigorous credit analysis and
relative value in selecting securities. The Investment Manager's credit analysis
includes  looking at factors  such as an issuer's  management  experience,  cash
flow,  position in its market,  capital structure,  general economic factors and
market conditions, as well as world market conditions.

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BOTTOM-UP  APPROACH  means  that  the  Investment  Manager  looks  primarily  at
individual  issuers against the context of broader market  factors.  Some of the
factors which the Investment Manager looks at when analyzing  individual issuers
include relative earnings growth,  profitability  trends, the issuer's financial
strength, valuation analysis and strength of management.
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To determine the relative value of a security,  the Investment  Manager compares
the credit risk and yield of the  security to the credit risk and yield of other
securities of the same or another asset class. Higher quality securities tend to
have lower  yields than lower  quality  securities.  Based upon  current  market
conditions,  the Investment Manager will consider the relative risks and rewards
of various asset classes and securities in selecting securities for the Fund.

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CREDIT QUALITY RATING is a measure of the issuer's  expected ability to make all
required interest and principal payments in a timely manner.

An issuer with the highest  credit  rating has a very strong degree of certainty
(or  safety)  with  respect  to  making  all   payments.   An  issuer  with  the
second-highest credit rating has a strong capacity to make all payments, but the
degree of safety is  somewhat  less.  An issuer with the lowest  credit  quality
rating may be in default  or have  extremely  poor  prospects  of making  timely
payment of interest  and  principal.  See  Appendix A and B for a more  complete
discussion of the meaning of the different credit quality ratings.
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The Investment Manager may determine to sell a security (1) if it can purchase a
security with a better  relative  value;  (2) if a security's  credit rating has
been changed; (3) if the Investment Manager believes diversification of the Fund
is  compromised  due to  mergers  or  acquisitions;  or (4) to  meet  redemption
requests.

Under adverse market conditions, the Fund could invest some or all of its assets
in cash and debt  obligations  consisting  of  repurchase  agreements  and money
market  instruments  of foreign or  domestic  issuers  and the U.S.  and foreign
governments.  Although  the Fund would do this only in seeking to avoid  losses,
the Fund may be unable to pursue its investment  objective during that time, and
it could reduce the benefit from any upswing in the market.

SECURITY  HIGH  YIELD  FUND -- The  Fund  pursues  its  objective  under  normal
circumstances  by  investing  in a broad  range of  high-yield,  high  risk debt
securities  rated in medium or lower  rating  categories  or  determined  by the
Investment Manager to be of comparable quality ("junk bonds"). However, the Fund
will not  invest  in debt  securities  which,  at the time of  purchase,  are in
default.  The debt  securities  in which  the Fund  invests  will  primarily  be
domestic securities, but may also include dollar denominated foreign securities.
The Fund may also  invest  in  equity  securities  and  securities  with  equity
characteristics,  including  common and preferred  stocks,  American  Depositary
Receipts,  warrants and rights and real estate investment trusts ("REITS").  The
Fund's  average  dollar  weighted  maturity  is  expected to be between 5 and 15
years. Under normal circumstances,  at least 65% of the Fund's total assets will
be invested in high yielding, high risk debt securities.

The Fund may also  invest  a  portion  of its  assets  in  options  and  futures
contracts. These instruments may be used to hedge the Fund's portfolio,  enhance
income,  or as a substitute for purchasing or selling  securities.  The Fund may
invest in restricted securities as described under "Main Risks," page 5.

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HIGH YIELD  SECURITIES are debt securities that have been determined by a rating
agency to have a lower  probability of being paid and have a credit rating of BB
or lower by Standard & Poor's Corporation and Fitch Investors  Service,  Inc. or
Ba or lower by Moody's Investors Service. These securities are more volatile and
normally pay higher yields than investment grade securities.
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The  Investment  Manager uses a  "bottom-up"  approach in  selecting  high yield
securities.  The Investment  Manager  emphasizes  rigorous  credit  analysis and
relative value in selecting securities. The Investment Manager's credit analysis
includes looking at factors such as an issuer's debt service coverage (I.E., its
ability to make interest payments on its debt), the issuer's cash flow,  general
economic factors and market conditions and world market conditions.

To determine the relative value of a security,  the Investment  Manager compares
the  security's  credit  risk and  yield to the  credit  risk and yield of other
securities.  The Investment  Manager is looking for securities that appear to be
inexpensive relative to other comparable securities and securities that have the
potential  for an upgrade of their credit  rating.  A rating  upgrade  typically
would increase the value of the security.  The Investment  Manager focuses on an
issuer's management experience, position in its market, and capital structure in
assessing  its value.  The  Investment  Manager  seeks to  diversify  the Fund's
holdings among securities and asset classes.

The Investment Manager may determine to sell a security (1) if it can purchase a
security with a better  relative  value;  (2) if a security's  credit rating has
been changed; or (3) to meet redemption requests.

Under adverse market conditions, the Fund could invest some or all of its assets
in  cash,  U.S.  Government   securities,   commercial  notes  or  money  market
instruments.  Although  the Fund would do this only in seeking to avoid  losses,
the Fund may be unable to pursue its investment  objective during that time, and
it could reduce the benefit from any upswing in the market.

SECURITY  MUNICIPAL  BOND FUND -- The Fund  pursues its  objective  under normal
circumstances  by investing at least 80% of its net assets in  investment  grade
municipal bond  obligations  that are exempt from regular  federal income taxes.
The Fund intends to emphasize investments in municipal securities with long-term
maturities  between 12 and 30 years,  and expects to maintain a  dollar-weighted
average  duration  of 7 to 11 years.  A portion of the Fund's  dividends  may be
subject to the federal alternative minimum tax. Accordingly, the Fund may not be
a suitable  investment for individuals or  corporations  that are subject to the
federal alternative minimum tax.

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MUNICIPAL  SECURITIES are debt obligations of states,  cities,  towns, and other
political subdivisions,  agencies or public authorities, which pay interest that
is exempt from regular  federal income tax.  Municipal  securities  also include
debt  obligations  of other  qualifying  issuers such as Puerto Rico,  Guam, the
Virgin Islands and Native American Tribes. Municipal securities are often issued
to raise money for public  services and projects such as schools,  hospitals and
public   transportation   systems.   Some  municipal  securities  (for  example,
INDUSTRIAL  DEVELOPMENT  BONDS) may be backed by private  companies  and used to
provide financing for corporate  facilities or other private  projects.  In most
states, municipal securities issued by entities within the state are also exempt
from that state's taxes. Municipal securities may be in the form of BONDS, NOTES
and  COMMERCIAL  PAPER,  may have a fixed or floating  rate of  interest,  or be
issued as ZERO COUPON BONDS.

MUNICIPAL  BONDS  are  divided  into  two  principal  classifications:   GENERAL
OBLIGATION  BONDS and REVENUE BONDS. A GENERAL  OBLIGATION BOND is backed by the
full faith,  credit and taxing power of the issuer.  A REVENUE BOND is linked to
an income-producing  project that pays interest and repays principal only to the
extent  adequate funds are generated by the project.  A REVENUE BOND may include
PRIVATE ACTIVITY BONDS.

DURATION  is a  measure  of a  bond's  price  volatility.  It is a tool  used to
approximate  the  percentage  change in a bond's price for a given change in its
yield. A duration of 5, for example,  means the price of the bond will change by
approximately 5% in response to a 1% change in yield. In general, duration rises
with  maturity  (the date at which a bond is due and payable) and falls with the
frequency of coupon payments and as yield rises.
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The Fund's  Sub-Adviser  is Salomon  Brothers  Asset  Management  Inc.  The Fund
invests  primarily in investment grade municipal  securities,  which represent a
large  market  segment  of the  municipal  market  and offer a higher  degree of
liquidity than do municipal securities in lower rating categories.

To determine which  securities to invest in, the  Sub-Adviser  uses a "top-down"
approach,  first  determining  a  sector,  then a  geographic  region  and  then
selecting individual securities within that sector/geographic region.

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TOP-DOWN  APPROACH  means that the  Sub-Adviser  looks first at the broad market
factors and on the basis of those factors, chooses certain sectors or industries
within the overall market.  It then looks at individual  companies  within those
sectors or industries.
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The  Sub-Adviser  seeks to  identify  and  capture  relative  value  within  the
municipal bond market by analyzing the following factors:

*  Current market environment

*  Sector trends

*  Credit quality

*  Security characteristics (for example, type of issuer,  callability,  size of
   issue)

*  Tax considerations

The  Sub-Adviser  uses an  analytical  database in analyzing  sector  trends and
security characteristics.  The Sub-Adviser also uses the database to monitor how
the Fund's portfolio will perform in different interest rate environments versus
the Fund's benchmark index ("scenario stress testing").

The  Sub-Adviser  may determine to sell  securities  (1) if a security's  credit
rating  has  been  changed;  (2) if it can  purchase  a  security  with a better
relative value;  (3) based on the results of scenario stress testing;  or (4) to
meet redemption requests.

Under  adverse  market  conditions,  the Fund could  invest in cash,  short-term
municipal bonds and fixed-income obligations on which the interest is subject to
federal  income  tax.  Although  the Fund would do this only in seeking to avoid
losses,  the Fund may be unable to pursue its investment  objective  during that
time, and it could reduce the benefit from any upswing in the market.

SECURITY  CASH  FUND  -- The  Fund  pursues  its  objective  by  investing  in a
diversified  and liquid  portfolio of primarily the highest quality money market
instruments,  which may include  restricted  securities as described under "Main
Risks,"  page 5.  Generally,  the Fund is required to invest at least 95% of its
assets in the  securities of issuers with the highest  credit  rating,  with the
remainder invested in securities with the second-highest credit rating. The Fund
also is  designed  to  maintain a constant  net asset  value of $1.00 per share.
Although  Cash Fund seeks to preserve the value of your  investment at $1.00 per
share,  it is  possible  to lose  money by  investing  in the Fund.  The Fund is
subject to certain federal requirements which include the following:

*  maintain an average dollar-weighted portfolio maturity of 90 days or less

*  buy individual securities that have remaining maturities of 13 months or less

*  invest only in high-quality, dollar-denominated, short-term obligations.

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A MONEY  MARKET  INSTRUMENT  is a  short-term  IOU issued by banks or other U.S.
corporations, or the U.S. Government or state or local governments. Money market
instruments have maturity dates of 13 months or less.  Money Market  instruments
may include certificates of deposit, bankers' acceptances,  variable rate demand
notes, fixed-term obligations,  commercial paper,  asset-backed commercial paper
and repurchase agreements. See Appendix A for a more complete description of the
different money market instruments and credit quality ratings.
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The  Investment  Manager  attempts  to  increase  return and manage  risk by (1)
maintaining an average dollar-weighted  portfolio maturity within 10 days of the
Fund's benchmark, the Money Fund Report published by IBC Donoghue; (2) selecting
securities that mature at regular intervals over the life of the portfolio;  (3)
purchasing  only  commercial  paper  in the top two  tiers;  and (4)  constantly
evaluating  alternative  investment  opportunities for  diversification  without
additional risk.

MAIN RISKS

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Your investment in the Funds is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit
Insurance  Corporation  or  any  other  governmental  agency.  The  value  of an
investment in the Funds will go up and down,  which means  investors  could lose
money.
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INTEREST RATE RISK -- Investments in fixed-income  securities are subject to the
possibility  that  interest  rates could  rise,  causing the value of the Funds'
securities, and share price, to decline. Longer term bonds and zero coupon bonds
are generally  more  sensitive to interest rate changes than shorter term bonds.
Generally,  the longer the average  maturity of the bonds in a fund,  the more a
fund's share price will fluctuate in response to interest rate changes.

CREDIT RISK -- It is possible that some issuers of fixed-income  securities will
not make payments on debt  securities held by a Fund, or there could be defaults
on repurchase  agreements  held by a Fund.  Also,  an issuer may suffer  adverse
changes  in  financial  condition  that  could  lower the  credit  quality  of a
security,  leading to greater  volatility  in the price of the  security  and in
shares of a Fund. A change in the quality rating of a bond can affect the bond's
liquidity and make it more difficult for the Fund to sell.

PREPAYMENT  RISK -- The  issuers  of  securities  held by a Fund  may be able to
prepay principal due on the securities, particularly during periods of declining
interest  rates.  Securities  subject to prepayment  risk  generally  offer less
potential  for  gains  when  interest  rates  decline,  and may  offer a greater
potential for loss when interest rates rise. In addition,  rising interest rates
may  cause  prepayments  to  occur  at a  slower  than  expected  rate,  thereby
effectively  lengthening  the  maturity of the  security and making the security
more  sensitive to interest  rate  changes.  Prepayment  risk is a major risk of
mortgage-backed securities.

SPECIAL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH  MORTGAGE-BACKED  SECURITIES -- Diversified Income
Fund and High Yield Fund may invest in mortgage-backed  securities.  A Fund will
receive  payments on its  mortgage-backed  securities that are part interest and
part return of  principal.  These  payments  may vary based on the rate at which
homeowners pay off their loans.  When a homeowner  makes a prepayment,  the Fund
receives a larger  portion of its principal  investment  back,  which means that
there will be a decrease  in monthly  interest  payments.  Some  mortgage-backed
securities  may have  structures  that make their reaction to interest rates and
other factors difficult to predict, making their prices very volatile.

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WHAT ARE MORTGAGE-BACKED  SECURITIES?  Home mortgage loans are typically grouped
together into "POOLS" by banks and other lending institutions,  and interests in
these  pools  are then sold to  investors,  allowing  the bank or other  lending
institution to have more money available to loan to home buyers. When homeowners
make  interest  and  principal  payments,  these  payments  are passed on to the
investors in the pool.  Most of these pools are  guaranteed  by U.S.  Government
agencies or by government  sponsored  private  corporations - familiarly  called
"GINNIE MAES," "FANNIE MAES" and "FREDDIE MACS."
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SPECIAL  RISKS  ASSOCIATED  WITH INTEREST  RATE SWAP  AGREEMENTS --  Diversified
Income Fund and High Yield Fund may invest in total return swap agreements which
entail both interest rate risk and credit risk.  There is a risk that,  based on
movements of interest rates in the future, the payments made by the Fund under a
swap agreement will be greater than the payments it received. Credit risk arises
from the possibility  that the  counterparty  will default.  If the counterparty
defaults, the Fund's loss will consist of the net amount of contractual interest
payments that the Fund has not yet received. The Investment Manager will monitor
the  creditworthiness  of  counterparties  to  the  Funds'  interest  rate  swap
transactions on an ongoing basis.

OPTIONS  AND  FUTURES  --  Diversified  Income  Fund and High Yield Fund may use
options and futures to hedge the Fund's portfolio,  to gain exposure to a market
without buying individual  securities or to increase returns.  There is the risk
that such practices may sometimes reduce returns or increase  volatility.  These
practices also entail transactional expenses.

FOREIGN  SECURITIES -- Diversified Income Fund and High Yield Fund may invest in
foreign  securities  that are U.S.  dollar-denominated.  Investments  in foreign
securities may involve risks in addition to those of U.S. investments, including
increased political and economic risk.

RESTRICTED  SECURITIES -- Diversified Income Fund, High Yield Fund and Cash Fund
may invest in securities that are restricted as to disposition under the federal
securities  laws,  provided  that such  securities  are  eligible  for resale to
qualified institutional investors pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act
of 1933. The Funds,  except Cash Fund, also may purchase securities that are not
eligible for resale under Rule 144A.  Since  restricted  securities  may be sold
only in privately  negotiated  transactions or in a public offering with respect
to which a registration  statement is in effect under the Securities  Act, their
sale may entail  substantial delays and the liquidity of these securities may be
limited.

HIGH YIELD  SECURITIES -- High Yield Fund, and to a lesser  extent,  Diversified
Income Fund, may invest in higher  yielding,  high risk debt  securities.  These
investments  may present  additional  risk  because they may be less liquid than
investment grade bonds. In addition, the price of high yield securities tends to
be more  susceptible  to interest rate changes and to real or perceived  adverse
economic and competitive industry conditions.  High yield securities are subject
to more credit risk than higher quality securities.

MUNICIPAL  MARKET RISK -- There are special  factors  which  affect the value of
municipal  securities  and, as a result,  a Fund's  share price.  These  factors
include  political  or  legislative  changes,  uncertainties  related to the tax
status of the securities or the rights of investors in securities.

LACK OF  DIVERSIFICATION  --  Municipal  Bond  Fund may  invest  in  issuers  of
municipal  securities  that have  similar  characteristics,  such as  geographic
region and source of revenue.  Consequently,  the Fund's  portfolio  may be more
susceptible  to  the  risks  of  adverse   economic,   political  or  regulatory
developments  than would be the case with a portfolio of securities that is more
diversified as to geographic region and/or source of revenue.

ADDITIONAL  INFORMATION -- For more information about the investment  program of
the Funds,  including additional information about the risks of certain types of
investments,  please see the  "Investment  Policies  and  Management  Practices"
section of the prospectus.

PAST PERFORMANCE

The charts and tables on the  following  pages  provide some  indication  of the
risks of investing in the Funds by showing  changes in each Fund's Class A share
performance  from year to year and by showing  how each  Fund's  average  annual
total return has compared to those of a broad measure of market performance. Fee
waivers and/or expense  reimbursements  for Diversified  Income Fund reduced the
expenses  of that Fund.  In the absence of such  waiver or  reimbursements,  the
performance quoted would be reduced.  As with all mutual funds, past performance
is not a prediction of future results.

The  bar  charts  on the  following  pages  do not  reflect  the  sales  charges
applicable to Class A shares which, if reflected, would lower the returns shown.
Average annual total returns for each Fund's Class A shares include deduction of
the 4.75%  front-end sales charge and for Class B shares include the appropriate
deferred  sales  charge,  which is 5% in the first year  declining  to 0% in the
sixth and later years. The average annual total returns also assume that Class B
shareholders redeem all their shares at the end of the period indicated.

The  Board  of  Directors  approved  a  change  in the  investment  policies  of
Diversified  Income Fund,  effective February 4, 2000. Prior to that change, the
Fund  had a policy  of  investing  at  least  80% of its  total  assets  in U.S.
Government  securities.  The information in the bar chart and table reflects the
Diversified  Income  Fund's  performance  prior  to  the  recent  change  of its
investment policies. The Lehman Brothers Government Bond Index is an appropriate
benchmark  index based upon the Fund's former  investment  policies.  The Lehman
Brothers  Aggregate  Bond Index is also included in light of the Fund's  current
investment policies.

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SECURITY DIVERSIFIED INCOME FUND
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                  [BAR GRAPH PLOTTED FROM DATA IN TABLE BELOW]

1990    1991   1992    1993    1994    1995   1996   1997   1998    1999
----    ----   ----    ----    ----    ----   ----   ----   ----    ----
9.80%  13.80%  5.00%  10.90%  -6.50%  21.86%  1.26%  9.19%  9.09%  -3.60%


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HIGHEST AND LOWEST RETURNS
(QUARTERLY 1990-1999)
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                                                            QUARTER ENDING
Highest                                7.34%                 June 30, 1995
Lowest                                -3.92%                March 31, 1994
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AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
(THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1999)
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                                  PAST 1 YEAR     PAST 5 YEARS     PAST 10 YEARS
Class A                              -8.23%           6.17%            6.35%
Class B                              -9.36%           5.79%            3.20%*
Lehman Brothers
  Government Bond Index              -2.15%           7.60%            7.66%
Lehman Brothers
  Aggregate Bond Index                1.88%           7.14%            8.02%
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*For the period  beginning  October 19, 1993 (date of inception) to December 31,
 1999.  Index  performance  information  is only  available  to the  Fund at the
 beginning of each month.  The Lehman  Brothers  Government  Bond Index  average
 annual  total  return for the period  October 1, 1993 to December  31, 1999 was
 5.38%.
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SECURITY HIGH YIELD FUND
================================================================================

                  [BAR GRAPH PLOTTED FROM DATA IN TABLE BELOW]

                          1997      1998       1999
                          ----      ----       ----
                         12.57%     4.98%     -0.51%


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HIGHEST AND LOWEST RETURNS
(QUARTERLY 1996-1999)
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                                                             QUARTER ENDING
Highest                                3.97%                  June 30, 1997
Lowest                                -5.82%               September 30, 1999
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AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
(THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1999)
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                                     PAST 1 YEAR              LIFE OF FUND
                                                             (since 8/5/96)
Class A                                 -5.23%                    4.93%
Class B                                 -6.28%                    4.77%
Lehman Brothers High Yield Index         2.41%                    7.01%*
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*Index  performance  is only  available  to the  Fund at the  beginning  of each
 month. The Lehman Brothers High Yield Index is for the period August 1, 1996 to
 December 31, 1999.
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================================================================================
SECURITY MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
================================================================================

                  [BAR GRAPH PLOTTED FROM DATA IN TABLE BELOW]

1990    1991   1992    1993    1994    1995   1996   1997   1998    1999
----    ----   ----    ----    ----    ----   ----   ----   ----    ----
6.20%  11.70%  7.30%  11.60%  -8.30%  15.48%  2.51%  8.27%  6.05%  -3.45%


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HIGHEST AND LOWEST RETURNS
(QUARTERLY 1990-1999)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            QUARTER ENDING
Highest                                6.74%                March 31, 1995
Lowest                                -7.21%                March 31, 1994
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AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
(THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1999)
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                                  PAST 1 YEAR     PAST 5 YEARS     PAST 10 YEARS
Class A                              -8.03%           4.57%            5.07%
Class B                              -8.96%           4.11%            1.89%*
Lehman Brothers Municipal
  Bond Index                         -2.17%           6.79%            6.83%
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*For the period  beginning  October 19, 1993 (date of inception) to December 31,
 1999.  Index  performance  information  is only  available  to the  Fund at the
 beginning  of each month.  The Lehman  Brothers  Municipal  Bond Index  average
 annual  total  return for the period  October 1, 1993 to December  31, 1999 was
 4.73%.
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================================================================================
SECURITY CASH FUND
================================================================================

                  [BAR GRAPH PLOTTED FROM DATA IN TABLE BELOW]

1990    1991    1992    1993    1994    1995    1996    1997    1998    1999
----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----
7.60%   5.20%   2.80%   2.40%   3.43%   5.00%   4.60%   4.90%   4.70%   4.40%


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HIGHEST AND LOWEST RETURNS
(QUARTERLY 1990-1999)
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                                                            QUARTER ENDING
Highest                                1.86%                June 30, 1990
Lowest                                 0.56%                June 30, 1993
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AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS & YIELD
(THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1999)
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                                  PAST 1 YEAR     PAST 5 YEARS     PAST 10 YEARS
Security Cash Fund                   4.40%            4.74%            4.49%
7-Day Yield                          5.28%
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FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUNDS

THIS TABLE  DESCRIBES THE FEES AND EXPENSES THAT YOU MAY PAY IF YOU BUY AND HOLD
SHARES OF THE FUNDS.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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                                                                                 DIVERSIFIED INCOME,     DIVERSIFIED INCOME
SHAREHOLDER FEES                                                                   HIGH YIELD AND               AND             CASH
(fees paid directly from your investment)                                       MUNICIPAL BOND FUNDS      HIGH YIELD FUNDS      FUND
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<S>                                                                             <C>         <C>                <C>              <C>
                                                                                CLASS A      CLASS B           CLASS C
                                                                                SHARES      SHARES(1)          SHARES

Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)    4.75%        None              None            None

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (as a percentage of original purchase price or
   redemption proceeds, whichever is lower)                                     None(2)       5%(3)             1%(4)           None
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<FN>
1 Class B shares convert tax-free to Class A shares automatically after eight years.

2 Purchases of Class A shares in amounts of $1,000,000 or more are not subject to an initial sales load;  however,  a deferred sales
  charge of 1% is imposed in the event of redemption within one year of purchase.

3 5% during the first year, decreasing to 0% in the sixth and following years.

4 A deferred sales charge of 1% is imposed in the event of redemption within one year of purchase.
 </FN>
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</TABLE>

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ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that are deducted from Fund assets)
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                                                   CLASS A
                              --------------------------------------------------
                                          DISTRIBUTION             TOTAL ANNUAL
                              MANAGEMENT     (12b-1)     OTHER    FUND OPERATING
                                 FEES        FEES(4)    EXPENSES     EXPENSES
Diversified Income Fund ......  0.35%(5)      0.25%       0.62%       1.22%*
High Yield Fund ..............  0.60%         0.25%       0.47%       1.32%*
Municipal Bond Fund ..........  0.50%         0.25%       0.39%       1.14%*
Cash Fund ....................  0.50%         None        0.36%       0.86%
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4 Long-term  holders of shares that are subject to an  asset-based  sales charge
  may pay  more  than the  equivalent  of the  maximum  front-end  sales  charge
  otherwise permitted by the National  Association of Securities  Dealers,  Inc.
  Rules.

5 The  management  fee for  Diversified  Income Fund was  reduced  from 0.50% to
  0.35%,  effective  February 4, 2000.  The expense  information  above has been
  restated to reflect this change in the Fund's management fee.

* Each of these  Fund's  total  annual  operating  expenses  for the most recent
  fiscal  year  were less  than the  amount  shown  because  of a fee  waiver or
  reimbursement  of expenses by the Funds'  Investment  Manager.  The Investment
  Manager waives a portion of its management fee and/or  reimburses  expenses in
  order to keep each  Fund's  total  operating  expenses at or below a specified
  level.  The Investment  Manager may eliminate all or part of the fee waiver or
  reimbursement at any time. With the fee waiver and  reimbursement,  the Funds'
  actual total annual fund  operating  expenses for the year ended  December 31,
  1999,  were as follows:  Diversified  Income  Fund - 0.87%,  High Yield Fund -
  0.72%, Municipal Bond Fund - 1.01%.

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ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that are deducted from Fund assets)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   CLASS B
                              --------------------------------------------------
                                          DISTRIBUTION             TOTAL ANNUAL
                              MANAGEMENT     (12b-1)     OTHER    FUND OPERATING
                                 FEES        FEES(4)    EXPENSES     EXPENSES
Diversified Income Fund ......  0.35%(5)      1.00%      0.86%        2.21%*
High Yield Fund ..............  0.60%         1.00%      0.53%        2.13%*
Municipal Bond Fund ..........  0.50%         1.00%      0.69%        2.19%*
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4 Long-term  holders of shares that are subject to an  asset-based  sales charge
  may pay  more  than the  equivalent  of the  maximum  front-end  sales  charge
  otherwise permitted by the National  Association of Securities  Dealers,  Inc.
  Rules.

5 The  management  fee for  Diversified  Income Fund was  reduced  from 0.50% to
  0.35%,  effective  February 4, 2000.  The expense  information  above has been
  restated to reflect this change in the Fund's management fee.

* Each of these  Fund's  total  annual  operating  expenses  for the most recent
  fiscal  year  were less  than the  amount  shown  because  of a fee  waiver or
  reimbursement  of expenses by the Funds'  Investment  Manager.  The Investment
  Manager waives a portion of its management fee and/or  reimburses  expenses in
  order to keep each  Fund's  total  operating  expenses at or below a specified
  level.  The Investment  Manager may eliminate all or part of the fee waiver or
  reimbursement at any time. With the fee waiver and  reimbursement,  the Funds'
  actual total annual fund  operating  expenses for the year ended  December 31,
  1999,  were as follows:  Diversified  Income  Fund - 1.85%,  High Yield Fund -
  1.53%, Municipal Bond Fund - 1.76%.

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ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that are deducted from Fund assets)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   CLASS C
                              --------------------------------------------------
                                          DISTRIBUTION             TOTAL ANNUAL
                              MANAGEMENT     (12b-1)     OTHER    FUND OPERATING
                                 FEES        FEES(4)    EXPENSES     EXPENSES
Diversified Income Fund(6)....  0.35%(5)      1.00%      0.62%        1.97%*
High Yield Fund(6)............  0.60%         1.00%      0.47%        2.07%*
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4 Long-term  holders of shares that are subject to an  asset-based  sales charge
  may pay  more  than the  equivalent  of the  maximum  front-end  sales  charge
  otherwise permitted by the National  Association of Securities  Dealers,  Inc.
  Rules.

5 The  management  fee for  Diversified  Income Fund was  reduced  from 0.50% to
  0.35%,  effective  February 4, 2000.  The expense  information  above has been
  restated to reflect this change in the Fund's management fee.

6 The amounts shown for C shares are estimated amounts,  as C shares were not in
  existence at December 31, 1999.

* Each of these  Fund's  total  annual  operating  expenses  for the most recent
  fiscal  year  were less  than the  amount  shown  because  of a fee  waiver or
  reimbursement  of expenses by the Funds'  Investment  Manager.  The Investment
  Manager waives a portion of its management fee and/or  reimburses  expenses in
  order to keep each  Fund's  total  operating  expenses at or below a specified
  level.  The Investment  Manager may eliminate all or part of the fee waiver or
  reimbursement at any time. With the fee waiver and  reimbursement,  the Funds'
  actual total annual fund  operating  expenses for the year ended  December 31,
  1999,  were as follows:  Diversified  Income  Fund - 1.85%,  High Yield Fund -
  1.47.
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EXAMPLE

   This  Example is intended to help you  compare the cost of  investing  in the
Funds with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

   Each Example  assumes that you invest  $10,000 in a Fund for the time periods
indicated.  Each Example also assumes that your  investment has a 5% return each
year and that the  Fund's  operating  expenses  remain the same.  Although  your
actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would
be as follows:

   You would pay the  following  expenses if you redeemed your shares at the end
of each period.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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                                 1 YEAR                      3 YEARS                     5 YEARS                     10 YEARS
                           ---------------------       ---------------------       ---------------------       ---------------------
                           CLASS   CLASS   CLASS       CLASS   CLASS   CLASS       CLASS   CLASS   CLASS       CLASS   CLASS   CLASS
                             A       B       C           A       B       C           A       B       C           A       B       C
<S>                        <C>     <C>     <C>          <C>    <C>     <C>         <C>    <C>     <C>         <C>     <C>     <C>
Diversified Income Fund .. $593    $724    $300         $844   $991    $618       $1,113  $1,385  $1,062      $1,882  $2,294  $2,296
High Yield Fund ..........  603     716     310         873     967     649        1,164   1,344   1,114       1,990   2,256   2,400
Municipal Bond Fund ......  586     722     ---         820     985     ---        1,073   1,375     ---       1,795   2,257    ---
Cash Fund ................   88     ---     ---         274     ---     ---          477     ---     ---       1,061     ---    ---
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</TABLE>

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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                                 1 YEAR                      3 YEARS                     5 YEARS                     10 YEARS
                           ---------------------       ---------------------       ---------------------       ---------------------
                           CLASS   CLASS   CLASS       CLASS   CLASS   CLASS       CLASS   CLASS   CLASS       CLASS   CLASS   CLASS
                             A       B       C           A       B       C           A       B       C           A       B       C
<S>                        <C>     <C>     <C>          <C>    <C>     <C>         <C>    <C>     <C>         <C>     <C>     <C>
Diversified Income Fund .. $593    $224    $200        $844    $691    $618       $1,113  $1,185  $1,062      $1,882  $2,294  $2,296
High Yield Fund ..........  603     216     210         873     667     649        1,164   1,144   1,114       1,990   2,256   2,400
Municipal Bond Fund ......  586     222     ---         820     685     ---        1,073   1,175     ---       1,795   2,257     ---
Cash Fund ................   88     ---     ---         274     ---     ---          477     ---     ---       1,061     ---     ---
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</TABLE>
<PAGE>
INVESTMENT MANAGER

Security Management  Company,  LLC (the "Investment  Manager"),  700 SW Harrison
Street, Topeka, Kansas 66636-0001, is the Funds' Investment Manager. On December
31, 1999,  the aggregate  assets of all of the mutual funds under the investment
management of the Investment Manager were approximately $6.3 billion.

The Investment  Manager has engaged  Salomon  Brothers Asset  Management  Inc, 7
World Trade Center,  New York, New York 10048,  to provide  investment  advisory
services to Municipal Bond Fund.  Salomon  Brothers was incorporated in 1987 and
currently  manages,  together with its affiliates,  approximately $29 billion in
assets.

The  Investment  Manager and the Funds have  received  from the  Securities  and
Exchange Commission an exemptive order for a multi-manager structure that allows
the Investment  Manager to hire, replace or terminate  sub-advisers  without the
approval of shareholders. The order also allows the Investment Manager to revise
a  sub-advisory  agreement  with the  approval  of Fund  Directors,  but without
shareholder approval.  If a new sub-adviser is hired,  shareholders will receive
information  about the new sub-adviser  within 90 days of the change.  The order
allows the Funds to operate more efficiently and with greater  flexibility.  The
Investment Manager provides the following oversight and evaluation services to a
Fund which uses a sub-adviser:

*  performing initial due diligence on prospective sub-advisers

*  monitoring the performance of the sub-adviser

*  communicating performance expectations to the sub-adviser

*  ultimately  recommending  to the Board of Directors  whether a  sub-adviser's
   contract should be renewed, modified or terminated.

The  Investment  Manager  does not  expect  to  recommend  frequent  changes  of
sub-advisers.  Although the Investment  Manager will monitor the  performance of
sub-advisers,  there is no certainty  that any  sub-adviser  or Fund will obtain
favorable results at any given time.

MANAGEMENT FEES -- The following chart shows the investment management fees paid
by each Fund during the last fiscal year.

               -------------------------------------------------
               MANAGEMENT FEES
               (expressed as a percentage of average net assets)
               -------------------------------------------------
               Diversified Income Fund...................  0.00%
               High Yield Fund...........................  0.00%
               Municipal Bond Fund.......................  0.50%
               Cash Fund.................................  0.50%
               -------------------------------------------------

PORTFOLIO  MANAGERS -- ROBERT AMODEO, a Portfolio  Manager at Salomon  Brothers,
has managed the Municipal Bond Fund's  portfolio since September 1998.  Prior to
joining  Salomon  Brothers Asset  Management in 1992, Mr. Amodeo was a member of
Salomon Brothers, Inc. Partnership Investment Group where he was responsible for
analyzing and managing  various  partnership  investments.  Mr. Amodeo pioneered
adaptation  and  the  use  of  the  Yield  Book  for  municipal  bond  portfolio
management,  analysis,  performance attribution and optimization.  He received a
B.S. in Business  Management  from Long Island  University and he is a Chartered
Financial Analyst.

STEVE BOWSER,  Vice President and Portfolio  Manager of the Investment  Manager,
has managed the  Diversified  Income  Fund's  portfolio  since 1995.  Mr. Bowser
joined the Investment Manager in 1992. Prior to joining the Investment  Manager,
he was Assistant Vice President and Portfolio Manager with the Federal Home Loan
Bank of Topeka from 1989 to 1992. He was employed at the Federal Reserve Bank of
Kansas City in 1988 and began his career  with the Farm Credit  System from 1982
to 1987,  serving as a Senior  Financial  Analyst and Assistant  Controller.  He
graduated  with a bachelor of science  degree from Kansas  State  University  in
1982. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

CHRIS  PHALEN,  Research  Analyst  of the  Investment  Manager,  has  co-managed
Diversified  Income Fund since May 2000. Prior to joining the Investment Manager
in 1997, he was with Sprint PCS as a pricing  analyst.  Prior to joining  Sprint
PCS in 1997,  Mr.  Phalen was employed by Security  Benefit  Group.  Mr.  Phalen
graduated   from  the   University   of  Kansas  with  a  bachelor  of  business
administration and accounting degree.

DAVID G. TOUSSAINT,  Portfolio  Manager of the Investment  Manager,  has managed
High Yield Fund since April 2000.  Mr.  Toussaint  has nine years of  investment
experience and holds a CPA certificate.  Prior to joining the Investment Manager
in 2000, he was with Allstate  Insurance Company as an investment analyst and in
various managerial positions in their investment operations group. Mr. Toussaint
earned a bachelor of arts degree in Economics from the University of Illinois, a
master of science  degree in  Accountancy  from DePaul  University and an M.B.A.
from the University of Chicago. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

BUYING SHARES

Shares of the Funds  are  available  through  broker/dealers,  banks,  and other
financial  intermediaries  that have an agreement  with the Funds'  Distributor,
Security Distributors, Inc.

There are two  different  ways to buy shares of  Municipal  Bond  Fund--Class  A
shares  or Class B  shares.  There are  three  different  ways to buy  shares of
Diversified  Income Fund and High Yield Fund--Class A shares,  Class B shares or
Class C shares.  Cash Fund offers a single  class of shares  which is offered at
net asset  value  next  determined  after an order is  accepted.  The  different
classes of a Fund differ  primarily with respect to sales charges and Rule 12b-1
distribution fees to which they are subject.  Shares of Cash Fund are offered by
the Fund  without  a sales  charge.  The  minimum  initial  investment  is $100.
Subsequent  investments  must be $100 (or $20 under an Accumulation  Plan).  The
Funds and the  Distributor  reserve  the right to reject  any order to  purchase
shares.

CLASS A SHARES -- Class A shares are  subject  to a sales  charge at the time of
purchase. An order for Class A shares will be priced at a Fund's net asset value
per share (NAV),  plus the sales charge set forth below.  The NAV plus the sales
charge is the "offering  price." A Fund's NAV is generally  calculated as of the
close of trading on every day the New York Stock  Exchange is open. An order for
Class A shares is priced at the NAV next calculated  after the order is accepted
by the Fund, plus the sales charge.

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                                                 SALES CHARGE
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                                   AS A PERCENTAGE          AS A PERCENTAGE OF
AMOUNT OF ORDER                   OF OFFERING PRICE        NET AMOUNT INVESTED
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Less than $50,000 ...............       4.75%                     4.99%
$50,000 to $99,999 ..............       3.75%                     3.90%
$100,000 to $249,999 ............       2.75%                     2.83%
$250,000 to $999,999 ............       1.75%                     1.78%
$1,000,000 or more* .............       None                      None
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*Purchases of  $1,000,000  or more are not subject to a sales charge at the time
 of  purchase,  but are subject to a deferred  sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed
 within one year following  purchase.  The deferred sales charge is a percentage
 of the lesser of the NAV of the shares redeemed or the net cost of such shares.
 Shares that are not subject to a deferred sales charge are redeemed first.
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Please see  Appendix C for options  that are  available  for  reducing the sales
charge applicable to purchases of Class A shares.

CLASS A  DISTRIBUTION  PLAN -- The Funds (except Cash Fund) have adopted Class A
Distribution  Plans that allow each of these Funds to pay  distribution  fees to
the Funds'  Distributor.  The  Distributor  uses the fees to pay for  activities
related to the sale of Class A shares and services provided to shareholders. The
distribution fee is equal to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Fund's
Class A shares.  Because the distribution fees are paid out of the Fund's assets
on an  ongoing  basis,  over  time  these  fees  will  increase  the  cost  of a
shareholder's  investment  and may cost an investor more than paying other types
of sales charges.

CLASS B SHARES -- Class B shares are not  subject to a sales  charge at the time
of  purchase.  An order for Class B shares will be priced at the Fund's NAV next
calculated  after the order is accepted by the Fund.  A Fund's NAV is  generally
calculated  as of the close of trading on every day the New York Stock  Exchange
is open.

Class B shares are  subject to a deferred  sales  charge if  withdrawn  within 5
years from the date of purchase.  The deferred  sales charge is a percentage  of
the NAV of the shares at the time they are  redeemed  or the  original  purchase
price,  whichever  is less.  Shares that are not subject to the  deferred  sales
charge are redeemed first. Then, shares held the longest will be the first to be
redeemed.

The amount of the deferred  sales charge is based upon the number of years since
the shares were purchased, as follows:

                      -------------------------------------
                      NUMBER OF YEARS            DEFERRED
                      SINCE PURCHASE           SALES CHARGE
                      -------------------------------------
                            1                       5%
                            2                       4%
                            3                       3%
                            4                       3%
                            5                       2%
                        6 and more                  0%
                      -------------------------------------

The   Distributor   will  waive  the  deferred   sales   charge  under   certain
circumstances. See "Waiver of Deferred Sales Charge," page 15.

CLASS B  DISTRIBUTION  PLAN -- The Funds (except Cash Fund) have adopted Class B
Distribution  Plans that allow each of the Funds to pay distribution fees to the
Distributor.  The Distributor uses the fees to finance activities related to the
sale of Class B shares and services to  shareholders.  The  distribution  fee is
equal to 1.00% of the  average  daily net assets of the  Fund's  Class B shares.
Because the  distribution  fees are paid out of the Fund's  assets on an ongoing
basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of a shareholder's investment
and may cost an investor more than paying other types of sales charges.

Class B shares automatically convert to Class A shares on the eighth anniversary
of purchase.  This is advantageous because Class A shares are subject to a lower
distribution  fee  than  Class B  shares.  A pro rata  amount  of Class B shares
purchased  through the reinvestment of dividends or other  distributions is also
converted  to Class A shares  each  time  that  shares  purchased  directly  are
converted.

CLASS C SHARES -- Class C shares are not  subject to a sales  charge at the time
of  purchase.  An order for Class C shares  will be priced at a Fund's  NAV next
calculated  after the order is accepted by the Fund.  A Fund's NAV is  generally
calculated  as of the close of trading on every day the New York Stock  Exchange
is open.

Class C shares  are  subject  to a deferred  sales  charge of 1.00% if  redeemed
within  one year  from the date of  purchase.  The  deferred  sales  charge is a
percentage  of the NAV of the  shares  at the  time  they  are  redeemed  or the
original  purchase price,  whichever is less. Shares that are not subject to the
deferred sales charge are redeemed first.  Then, shares held the longest will be
the first to be redeemed.  The Distributor  will waive the deferred sales charge
under certain circumstances. See "Waiver of Deferred Sales Charge," page 15.

CLASS C  DISTRIBUTION  PLAN -- The  Diversified  Income Fund and High Yield Fund
have  adopted  Class C  Distribution  Plans  that allow each of the Funds to pay
distribution  fees to the Distributor.  The Distributor uses the fees to finance
activities  related to the sale of Class C shares and services to  shareholders.
The  distribution  fee is equal to 1.00% of the average  daily net assets of the
Fund's Class C shares.  Because the distribution fees are paid out of the Fund's
assets on an ongoing  basis,  over time these fees will  increase  the cost of a
shareholder's  investment  and may cost an investor more than paying other types
of sales charges.

CASH FUND -- Shares of Cash Fund are  offered  at NAV next  calculated  after an
order is  accepted.  There is no sales  charge  or  load.  The  minimum  initial
investment in Cash Fund is $100 for each account.  Subsequent investments may be
made in any amount of $20 or more. Cash Fund purchases may be made in any of the
following ways:

1.  BY MAIL

    (a) A check or negotiable bank draft should be sent to:

        Security Cash Fund
        P.O. Box 2548
        Topeka, Kansas 66601

    (b) Make check or draft payable to "SECURITY CASH FUND."

    (c) For initial investment include a completed investment  application found
        on page 34 of this prospectus.

2.  BY WIRE

    (a) Call the Fund to  advise  of the  investment.  The Fund  will  supply an
        account  number  at the  time  of the  initial  investment  and  provide
        instructions for having your bank wire federal funds.

    (b) For an initial  investment,  you must also send a  completed  investment
        application to the Fund.

3.  THROUGH BROKER/DEALERS

Investors  may, if they wish,  invest in Cash Fund by purchasing  shares through
registered broker/dealers.  Broker/dealers who process orders on behalf of their
customers may charge a fee for their services. Investments made directly without
the assistance of a broker/dealer are without charge.

Since Cash Fund  invests in money  market  securities  which  require  immediate
payment in federal funds,  monies  received from the sales of its shares must be
monies held by a commercial bank and be on deposit at one of the Federal Reserve
Banks.  A record date for each  stockholder's  investment  is  established  each
business day and used to distribute  the following  day's  dividend.  If federal
funds are received prior to 2:00 p.m. (Central time) the investment will be made
on that day and the investor will receive the following day's dividend.  Federal
funds  received  after 2:00 p.m. on any business day will not be invested  until
the following  business day. The Fund will not be responsible  for any delays in
the wire transfer system.  All checks are accepted subject to collection at full
face value in United States funds and must be drawn in United States  dollars on
a United States bank.

WAIVER OF DEFERRED SALES CHARGE -- The Distributor will waive the deferred sales
charge under the following circumstances:

*  Upon the death of the  shareholder if shares are redeemed  within one year of
   the shareholder's death

*  Upon the disability of the shareholder prior to age 65 if shares are redeemed
   within one year of the shareholder  becoming disabled and the shareholder was
   not disabled when the shares were purchased

*  In connection  with required  minimum  distributions  from a retirement  plan
   qualified under Section 401(a), 401(k), 403(b) or 408 of the Internal Revenue
   Code

*  In connection  with  distributions  from  retirement  plans  qualified  under
   Section 401(a), 401(k) or 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code for:

   >  returns of excess contributions to the plan

   >  retirement of a participant in the plan

   >  a loan  from the plan  (loan  repayments  are  treated  as new  sales  for
      purposes of the deferred sales charge)

   >  financial  hardship  (as  defined  in  regulations  under  the  Code) of a
      participant in a plan

   >  termination of employment of a participant in a plan

   >  any other permissible withdrawal under the terms of the plan.

CONFIRMATIONS AND STATEMENTS -- The Funds will send you a confirmation statement
after every  transaction  that  affects your  account  balance or  registration.
However,  certain  automatic  transactions may be confirmed on a quarterly basis
including systematic withdrawals,  automatic purchases and reinvested dividends.
Each shareholder will receive a quarterly  statement  setting forth a summary of
the transactions that occurred during the preceding quarter.

SELLING SHARES

Selling  your shares of a Fund is called a  "redemption,"  because the Fund buys
back its  shares.  A  shareholder  may sell  shares at any time.  Shares will be
redeemed  at the NAV next  determined  after the order is accepted by the Fund's
transfer  agent,  less any  applicable  deferred  sales charge.  A Fund's NAV is
generally  calculated as of the close of trading on every day the New York Stock
Exchange is open.  Any share  certificates  representing  Fund shares being sold
must be returned with a request to sell the shares.

When  redeeming  recently  purchased  shares,  the Fund may  delay  sending  the
redemption  proceeds  until it has  collected  payment,  which may take up to 15
days from date of purchase.

BY MAIL -- To sell shares by mail, send a letter of instruction that includes:

*  The name and signature of the account owner(s)

*  The name of the Fund

*  The dollar amount or number of shares to sell

*  Where to send the proceeds

*  A signature guarantee if

   >  The check will be mailed to a payee or address  different than that of the
      account owner, or

   >  The sale of shares is more than $10,000.

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A SIGNATURE  GUARANTEE  helps protect  against  fraud.  Banks,  brokers,  credit
unions, national securities exchanges and savings associations provide signature
guarantees.  A notary public is not an eligible signature  guarantor.  For joint
accounts, both signatures must be guaranteed.
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Mail your request to:

      Security Management Company, LLC
      P.O. Box 750525
      Topeka, KS 66675-9135

Signature requirements vary based on the type of account you have:

*  INDIVIDUAL  OR JOINT  TENANTS:  Written  instructions  must be  signed  by an
   individual  shareholder,  or in  the  case  of  joint  accounts,  all  of the
   shareholders, exactly as the name(s) appears on the account.

*  UGMA OR UTMA:  Written  instructions  must be signed by the  custodian  as it
   appears on the account.

*  SOLE PROPRIETOR OR GENERAL PARTNER: Written instructions must be signed by an
   authorized individual as it appears on the account.

*  CORPORATION  OR  ASSOCIATION:  Written  instructions  must be  signed  by the
   person(s)  authorized  to act on the account.  A certified  resolution  dated
   within six months of the date of receipt, authorizing the signer to act, must
   accompany the request if not on file with the Funds.

*  TRUST: Written instructions must be signed by the trustee(s).  If the name of
   the  current   trustee(s)  does  not  appear  on  the  account,  a  certified
   certificate of incumbency dated within 60 days must also be submitted.

*  RETIREMENT: Written instructions must be signed by the account owner.

BY TELEPHONE -- If you selected this option on your account application, you may
make redemptions from your account by calling 1-800-888-2461, extension 3127, on
weekdays  (except  holidays)  between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.  Central time. The
Funds  require  that  requests for  redemptions  over $10,000 be in writing with
signatures  guaranteed.  You may not close your  account by  telephone or redeem
shares for which a certificate  has been issued.  If you would like to establish
this option on an existing account, please call 1-800-888-2461,  extension 3127.
Shareholders  may not  redeem  shares  held in an IRA or  403(b)(7)  account  by
telephone.

BY BROKER -- You may redeem your shares through your broker.  Brokers may charge
a commission upon the redemption of shares.

The Funds may suspend the right of redemption  during any period when trading on
the New York Stock  Exchange is  restricted or such Exchange is closed for other
than weekends or holidays, or any emergency is deemed to exist by the Securities
and Exchange Commission.

CASH FUND -- If checks are requested on the Checking Privilege Request Form, you
may redeem  shares of Cash Fund by check.  Such  checks  must be in an amount of
$100 or more.  Redemption  by  check is not  available  for any  shares  held in
certificate  form or for shares  recently  purchased  for which the Fund has not
collected payment.  Check writing privileges may encourage multiple  redemptions
on an account.

PAYMENT OF REDEMPTION PROCEEDS -- Payments may be made by check.

The Funds may suspend the right of redemption  during any period when trading on
the New York Stock  Exchange is  restricted or such Exchange is closed for other
than weekends or holidays, or any emergency is deemed to exist by the Securities
and Exchange Commission.

BY CHECK.  Redemption  proceeds will be sent to the  shareholder(s) of record at
the address on our records within seven days after receipt of a valid redemption
request. For a charge of $15 deducted from redemption  proceeds,  the Investment
Manager  will provide a certified or  cashier's  check,  or send the  redemption
proceeds by express mail, upon the shareholder's request.

DIVIDENDS AND TAXES

Each Fund  (except  Cash  Fund)  pays its  shareholders  dividends  from its net
investment  income  monthly,  and  distributes any net capital gains that it has
realized, at least annually.  Cash Fund pays its shareholders dividends from its
investment income daily. Your dividends and distributions  will be reinvested in
shares of the Fund, unless you instruct the Investment Manager otherwise.  There
are no fees or sales charges on reinvestments.

TAX ON  DISTRIBUTIONS  --  Fund  dividends  and  distributions  are  taxable  to
shareholders  (unless your  investment  is in an Individual  Retirement  Account
("IRA") or other  tax-advantaged  retirement  account) whether you reinvest your
dividends or distributions or take them in cash.

In addition to federal tax,  dividends and distributions may be subject to state
and local  taxes.  If a Fund  declares a dividend  or  distribution  in October,
November or December but pays it in January,  you may be taxed on that  dividend
or  distribution  as if  you  received  it in the  previous  year.  In  general,
dividends and distributions from the Funds are taxable as follows:

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         TYPE OF                    TAX RATE FOR             TAX RATE FOR 28%
      DISTRIBUTION                  15% BRACKET              BRACKET OR ABOVE
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    Income dividends            Ordinary Income rate       Ordinary Income rate
 Short-term capital gains       Ordinary Income rate       Ordinary Income rate
  Long-term capital gains               10%                         20%
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A Fund has "short-term  capital gains" when it sells a security within 12 months
after buying it. A Fund has  "long-term  capital gains" when it sells a security
that it has owned for more than 12 months. When a Fund earns interest from bonds
and other debt securities and distributes  these earnings to  shareholders,  the
Fund has "ordinary  income." The Funds (other than  Municipal  Bond Fund) expect
that their distributions will consist primarily of ordinary income.

The  Municipal  Bond  Fund  may  make  distributions   called   "exempt-interest
dividends"  that are exempt from federal income tax.  Exempt-interest  dividends
will not necessarily be exempt from state and local income taxes.  The Municipal
Bond  Fund  may  also  make  taxable  distributions   (including  capital  gains
distributions).  You  generally  are required to report all Fund  distributions,
including exempt-interest dividends, on your federal income tax return.

Tax-deferred  retirement accounts do not generate a tax liability unless you are
taking a distribution or making a withdrawal.

The  Fund  will  mail  you   information   concerning  the  tax  status  of  the
distributions  for each calendar  year on or before  January 31 of the following
year.

TAXES ON SALES OR  EXCHANGES -- You may be taxed on any sale or exchange of Fund
shares.  The amount of gain or loss will depend  primarily upon how much you pay
for the shares, how much you sell them for, and how long you hold them.

The table  above  can  provide a guide for your  potential  tax  liability  when
selling or exchanging  Fund shares.  "Short-term  capital gains" applies to Fund
shares sold or exchanged up to one year after  buying them.  "Long-term  capital
gains" applies to shares held for more than one year.

BACKUP  WITHHOLDING  -- As with all  mutual  funds,  a Fund may be  required  to
withhold U.S. federal income tax at the rate of 31% of all taxable distributions
payable  to you if you fail to  provide  the Fund  with  your  correct  taxpayer
identification  number or to make required  certifications,  or if you have been
notified  by the  Internal  Revenue  Service  that  you are  subject  to  backup
withholding. Backup withholding is not an additional tax; rather, it is a way in
which the Internal  Revenue Service ensures it will collect taxes otherwise due.
Any  amounts  withheld  may be credited  against  your U.S.  federal  income tax
liability.

You should  consult your tax  professional  about  federal,  state and local tax
consequences  to you of an investment  in the Fund.  Please see the Statement of
Additional Information for additional tax information.

DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE

The net asset  value per share (NAV) of each Fund is computed as of the close of
regular  trading hours on the New York Stock Exchange  (normally 3 p.m.  Central
time) on days when the  Exchange is open.  The  Exchange is open Monday  through
Friday, except on observation of the following holidays:  New Year's Day, Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Good Friday,  Memorial Day,  Independence
Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

Each Fund's NAV is generally  based upon the market value of securities  held in
the Fund's  portfolio.  If market  prices are not  available,  the fair value of
securities  is  determined  using  procedures  approved by each Fund's  Board of
Directors.

SHAREHOLDER SERVICES

ACCUMULATION  PLAN -- An  investor  may  choose  to  invest  in one of the Funds
(except Cash Fund)  through a voluntary  Accumulation  Plan.  This allows for an
initial investment of $100 minimum and subsequent  investments of $20 minimum at
any  time.  An  Accumulation  Plan  involves  no  obligation  to  make  periodic
investments, and is terminable at will.

Payments are made by sending a check to the  Distributor who (acting as an agent
for the dealer) will purchase whole and fractional  shares of the Fund as of the
close of business  on such day as the payment is  received.  The  investor  will
receive a confirmation and statement after each investment.

Investors may choose to use "Secur-O-Matic"  (automatic bank draft) to make Fund
purchases.  There is no  additional  charge for  choosing to use  Secur-O-Matic.
Withdrawals  from your bank  account may occur up to 3 business  days before the
date scheduled to purchase Fund shares.  An application for Secur-O-Matic may be
obtained from the Funds.

SYSTEMATIC  WITHDRAWAL  PROGRAM  --  Shareholders  who wish to  receive  regular
monthly, quarterly,  semiannual, or annual payments of $25 or more may establish
a Systematic  Withdrawal  Program.  A shareholder  may elect a payment that is a
specified  percentage  of the  initial or current  account  value or a specified
dollar amount.  A Systematic  Withdrawal  Program will be allowed only if shares
with a current  aggregate net asset value of $5,000 or more are  deposited  with
the Investment  Manager,  which will act as agent for the stockholder  under the
Program. Shares are liquidated at net asset value. The Program may be terminated
on  written  notice,  or it  will  terminate  automatically  if all  shares  are
liquidated or withdrawn from the account.

A  shareholder  may  establish a Systematic  Withdrawal  Program with respect to
Class B and Class C shares without the  imposition of any applicable  contingent
deferred  sales charge,  provided that such  withdrawals  do not in any 12-month
period,  beginning  on the date the  Program is  established,  exceed 10% of the
value  of the  account  on  that  date  ("Free  Systematic  Withdrawals").  Free
Systematic  Withdrawals are not available if a Program  established with respect
to Class B or Class C shares  provides for  withdrawals  in excess of 10% of the
value of the account in any Program year and, as a result, all withdrawals under
such a Program  would be subject to any  applicable  contingent  deferred  sales
charge. Free Systematic Withdrawals will be made first by redeeming those shares
that  are not  subject  to the  contingent  deferred  sales  charge  and then by
redeeming  shares  held  the  longest.  The  contingent  deferred  sales  charge
applicable  to a redemption  of Class B or Class C shares  requested  while Free
Systematic  Withdrawals  are being made will be  calculated  as described  under
"Class B Shares" and "Class C Shares," as  applicable.  A Systematic  Withdrawal
form may be obtained from the Funds.


EXCHANGE  PRIVILEGE  --  Shareholders  who own shares of the Funds may  exchange
those shares for shares of  Diversified  Income Fund or High Yield Fund,  or for
shares of the other mutual funds distributed by the Distributor, which currently
include  Security  Growth and  Income,  Equity,  Global,  Total  Return,  Social
Awareness,  Mid Cap Value,  Small Cap  Growth,  Enhanced  Index,  International,
Select 25, Large Cap Growth,  Technology and Ultra Funds.  Shareholders who hold
their shares in a tax-qualified  retirement plan may also exchange shares of the
Funds for shares of Capital  Preservation  Fund, but may not exchange  shares of
the Funds for shares of Municipal Bond Fund. Shareholders, except those who have
purchased through the following  custodial  accounts of the Investment  Manager,
403(b)(7)  accounts,  SEPP  accounts and SIMPLE Plans,  may also exchange  their
shares for shares of Cash Fund.

Exchanges  may be made only in those  states where shares of the fund into which
an exchange is to be made are qualified for sale. No service fee or sales charge
is presently  imposed on such an exchange.  Shares of a particular  class of the
Funds  may be  exchanged  only for  shares  of the same  class of  another  fund
distributed by the  Distributor or for shares of Cash Fund, if available,  which
offers a single class of shares. Any applicable contingent deferred sales charge
will be imposed  upon  redemption  and  calculated  from the date of the initial
purchase without regard to the time shares were held in Cash Fund.

For tax purposes,  an exchange is a sale of shares which may result in a taxable
gain or loss. Special rules may apply to determine the amount of gain or loss on
an exchange occurring within ninety days after purchase of the exchanged shares.


Exchanges of Class A shares from  Diversified  Income,  High Yield and Municipal
Bond Funds are made at net asset value  without a front-end  sales charge if (1)
the  shares  have  been  owned  for at least 90  consecutive  days  prior to the
exchange,  (2) the shares  were  acquired  pursuant to a prior  exchange  from a
Security Fund which assessed a sales charge on the original purchase, or (3) the
shares were  acquired as a result of the  reinvestment  of  dividends or capital
gains  distributions.  Exchanges of Class A shares from Diversified Income, High
Yield and Municipal Bond Funds,  other than those described  above,  are made at
net asset value plus the sales charge  described in the  prospectus of the other
Security Fund being acquired,  less the sales charge paid on the shares of these
Funds at the time of original purchase.

Because Cash Fund does not impose a sales  charge or  commission  in  connection
with sales of its shares,  any  exchange of Cash Fund  shares  acquired  through
direct purchase or reinvestment of dividends will be based on the respective net
asset values of the shares  involved and a sales charge will be imposed equal to
the sales  charge  that  would be  charged  such  shareholder  if he or she were
purchasing for cash.


Shareholders  should contact the Fund before  requesting an exchange in order to
ascertain  whether  any  sales  charges  are  applicable  to  the  shares  to be
exchanged.  In effecting the exchanges of Fund shares,  the  Investment  Manager
will first cause to be exchanged  those shares which would not be subject to any
sales charges. The terms of an  employee-sponsored  retirement plan may affect a
shareholder's  right to exchange  shares as described  above.  Contact your plan
sponsor or administrator  to determine if all of the exchange options  discussed
above are available under your plan.


Exchanges are made upon receipt of a properly completed  Exchange  Authorization
form.  A current  prospectus  of the fund into which an exchange is made will be
given to each stockholder exercising this privilege.

To  exchange   shares  by  telephone,   a   shareholder   must  hold  shares  in
non-certificate  form and must  either have  completed  the  Telephone  Exchange
section of the application or a Telephone Transfer  Authorization form which may
be obtained from the Investment Manager. Once authorization has been received by
the  Investment  Manager,  a  shareholder  may  exchange  shares by telephone by
calling  the  Funds at (800)  888-2461,  extension  3127,  on  weekdays  (except
holidays)  between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.  Central time.  Exchange
requests  received by telephone  after the close of the New York Stock  Exchange
(normally  3 p.m.  Central  time)  will be treated  as if  received  on the next
business day. The exchange  privilege,  including  telephone  exchanges,  may be
changed  or  discontinued  at any time by either the  Investment  Manager or the
Funds upon 60 days' notice to shareholders.


DOLLAR COST AVERAGING. Only for shareholders of a 403(b)(7) account sponsored by
the Investment  Manager and opened on or after June 5, 2000, a special  exchange
privilege is available. This privilege allows such shareholders to make periodic
exchanges  of  shares  from the  Security  Capital  Preservation  Fund  (held in
non-certificate  form) to one or more of the funds  available under the exchange
privilege as described  above.  Such periodic  exchanges in which securities are
purchased at regular intervals are known as "dollar cost averaging." With dollar
cost averaging,  the cost of the securities gets averaged over time and possibly
over various  market cycles.  Dollar cost averaging does not guarantee  profits,
nor does it assure that you will not have losses.

You may obtain a dollar cost averaging request form from the Investment Manager.
You must designate on the form whether  amounts are to be exchanged on the basis
of a specific  dollar  amount or a specific  number of  shares.  The  Investment
Manager  will  exchange  shares as  requested  on the first  business day of the
month.  The Investment  Manager will make exchanges  until your account value in
the  Security  Capital  Preservation  Fund is depleted or until you instruct the
Investment  Manager to  terminate  dollar cost  averaging.  You may instruct the
Investment  Manager to  terminate  dollar cost  averaging at any time by written
request.

ASSET REBALANCING. Only for shareholders of a 403(b)(7) account sponsored by the
Investment  Manager  and  opened on or after June 5,  2000,  a special  exchange
privilege is available that allows shareholders to automatically exchange shares
of the funds on a quarterly basis to maintain a particular percentage allocation
among  the  funds.  The  available  funds are those  discussed  above  under the
exchange  privilege  and shares of such  funds  must be held in  non-certificate
form.  Your account  value  allocated to a fund will grow or decline in value at
different  rates  during  the  selected  period,   and  asset  rebalancing  will
automatically  reallocate  your account value in the funds to the allocation you
select on a quarterly basis.

You may obtain an asset  rebalancing  request form from the Investment  Manager.
You must  designate  on the form the  applicable  funds  and the  percentage  of
account value to be maintained in each fund. Thereafter,  the Investment Manager
will  exchange  shares of the funds to  maintain  that  allocation  on the first
business day of each calendar quarter.  You may instruct the Investment  Manager
to terminate asset rebalancing at any time by written request.


RETIREMENT PLANS -- The Funds have available tax-qualified  retirement plans for
individuals,  prototype plans for the self-employed,  pension and profit sharing
plans for  corporations  and  custodial  accounts for employees of public school
systems and  organizations  meeting the requirements of Section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code. Further  information  concerning these plans is contained
in the Funds' Statement of Additional Information.

GENERAL INFORMATION

SHAREHOLDER  INQUIRIES  --  Shareholders  who have  questions  concerning  their
account  or wish to obtain  additional  information  may write to the Funds (see
back cover for address  and  telephone  numbers),  or contact  their  securities
dealer.

INVESTMENT POLICIES AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

This section takes a detailed look at some of the types of securities  the Funds
may hold in their portfolios and the various kinds of management  practices that
may be  used  in the  portfolios.  The  Funds'  holdings  of  certain  types  of
investments cannot exceed a maximum  percentage of net assets.  These percentage
limitations are set forth in the Statement of Additional Information.  While the
percentage  limitations  provide  a  useful  level  of  detail  about  a  Fund's
investment  program,  they  should  not be  viewed as an  accurate  gauge of the
potential  risk  of  the  investment.  For  example,  in a  given  period,  a 5%
investment in futures contracts could have  significantly more of an impact on a
Fund's  share price than its  weighting  in the  portfolio.  The net effect of a
particular  investment  depends on its  volatility  and the size of its  overall
return in relation to the  performance  of all of the Fund's other  investments.
Fund  Portfolio  Managers  have  considerable   leeway  in  choosing  investment
strategies  and selecting  securities  they believe will help a Fund achieve its
objective. In seeking to meet its investment objective, a Fund may invest in any
type of security or instrument whose investment  characteristics  are consistent
with the Fund's investment program.

The Funds are subject to certain  investment policy  limitations  referred to as
"fundamental  policies."  The  fundamental  policies  cannot be changed  without
shareholder  approval.  Some of the more important fundamental policies are that
each Fund will not:

*  invest more than 5% of its total assets in the  securities  of any one issuer
   (other  than  obligations  of, or  guaranteed  by, the U.S.  Government,  its
   agencies or instrumentalities);  provided,  that this limitation applies only
   with respect to 75% of the value of the Fund's total assets

*  purchase a security if, as a result,  with respect to 75% of the value of the
   Fund's total assets,  more than 10% of the outstanding  voting  securities of
   any one issuer  would be held by the Fund (other than  obligations  issued or
   guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities)

*  invest 25% or more of its total assets in any one industry.

The  Municipal  Bond  Fund  will  not  invest  more  than 20% of its  assets  in
securities  that  are not  tax-exempt  securities,  except  when in a  temporary
defensive  position.  The  full  text of each  Fund's  fundamental  policies  is
included in the Statement of Additional Information.

The following  pages describe some of the  investments  which may be made by the
Funds, as well as some of the management practices of the Funds.

CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES -- Diversified Income Fund and High Yield Fund may invest
in debt or preferred equity  securities  convertible  into, or exchangeable for,
equity securities. Traditionally,  convertible securities have paid dividends or
interest  at rates  higher  than  common  stocks but lower than  non-convertible
securities.  They generally  participate in the  appreciation or depreciation of
the underlying stock into which they are convertible, but to a lesser degree.

FOREIGN  SECURITIES -- Diversified Income Fund and High Yield Fund may invest in
foreign securities  denominated in U.S. dollars.  Foreign investments increase a
Fund's  diversification  and may  enhance  return,  but they also  involve  some
special  risks,  such as exposure to  potentially  adverse  local  political and
economic developments;  nationalization and exchange controls; potentially lower
liquidity and higher volatility;  and possible problems arising from accounting,
disclosure, settlement and regulatory practices that differ from U.S. standards.
These risks are heightened for investments in developing countries.

ASSET-BACKED  SECURITIES  --  Diversified  Income  Fund and High  Yield Fund may
invest in asset-backed securities.  An underlying pool of assets, such as credit
card  receivables,  automobile  loans,  or corporate  loans or bonds backs these
bonds and  provides  the  interest  and  principal  payments  to  investors.  On
occasion,  the pool of assets may also include a swap obligation,  which is used
to change the cash flows on the underlying  assets. As an example, a swap may be
used to allow  floating  rate  assets to back a fixed  rate  obligation.  Credit
quality depends primarily on the quality of the underlying  assets, the level of
credit support,  if any,  provided by the issuer,  and the credit quality of the
swap  counterparty,  if any. The underlying assets (I.E.,  loans) are subject to
prepayments,  which can shorten the  securities'  weighted  average life and may
lower their return.  The value of these  securities  also may change  because of
actual or  perceived  changes in the  creditworthiness  of the  originator,  the
servicing agent,  the financial  institution  providing credit support,  or swap
counterparty.

MORTGAGE-BACKED  SECURITIES --  Diversified  Income Fund and High Yield Fund may
invest  in a  variety  of  mortgage-backed  securities.  Mortgage  lenders  pool
individual home mortgages with similar  characteristics to back a certificate or
bond,  which is sold to  investors  such as the Funds.  Interest  and  principal
payments  generated  by the  underlying  mortgages  are  passed  through  to the
investors.  The three largest  issuers of these  securities  are the  Government
National Mortgage  Association (GNMA), the Federal National Mortgage Association
(Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage  Corporation (Freddie Mac). GNMA
certificates  are backed by the full  faith and  credit of the U.S.  Government,
while  others,  such as  Fannie  Mae and  Freddie  Mac  certificates,  are  only
supported by the ability to borrow from the U.S.  Treasury or supported  only by
the credit of the agency.  Private mortgage bankers and other  institutions also
issue  mortgage-backed  securities.  Mortgage-backed  securities  are subject to
scheduled and  unscheduled  principal  payments as homeowners pay down or prepay
their  mortgages.  As these payments are received,  they must be reinvested when
interest  rates may be higher or lower than on the original  mortgage  security.
Therefore,  these  securities are not an effective means of locking in long-term
interest  rates.  In addition,  when interest  rates fall,  the pace of mortgage
prepayments  picks up.  These  refinanced  mortgages  are paid off at face value
(par),  causing a loss for any investor who may have purchased the security at a
price above par. In such an  environment,  this risk limits the potential  price
appreciation of these securities and can negatively  affect the Fund's net asset
value. When rates rise, the prices of mortgage-backed securities can be expected
to decline,  although  historically  these securities have  experienced  smaller
price declines than comparable  quality bonds. In addition,  when rates rise and
prepayments slow, the effective duration of mortgage-backed  securities extends,
resulting in increased volatility.

Additional  mortgage-backed  securities in which these Funds may invest  include
COLLATERALIZED  MORTGAGE  OBLIGATIONS  (CMOs) and stripped mortgage  securities.
CMOs are debt  securities  that  are  fully  collateralized  by a  portfolio  of
mortgages or  mortgage-backed  securities.  All interest and principal  payments
from the underlying mortgages are passed through to the CMOs in such a way as to
create,  in most  cases,  more  definite  maturities  than is the case  with the
underlying  mortgages.  CMOs may pay fixed or variable  rates of  interest,  and
certain  CMOs  have  priority  over  others  with  respect  to  the  receipt  of
prepayments.  Stripped  mortgage  securities  (a type of  potentially  high-risk
derivative)  are created by  separating  the  interest  and  principal  payments
generated by a pool of mortgage-backed  securities or a CMO to create additional
classes of  securities.  Generally,  one class  receives only interest  payments
(IOs)  and  another  receives  principal  payments  (POs).   Unlike  with  other
mortgage-backed  securities  and POs, the value of IOs tends to move in the same
direction as interest  rates.  The fund can use IOs as a hedge  against  falling
prepayment  rates (interest rates are rising) and/or a bear market  environment.
POs can be used as a hedge against rising  prepayment  rates (interest rates are
falling) and/or a bull market environment.  IOs and POs are acutely sensitive to
interest  rate  changes  and to the rate of  principal  prepayments.  A rapid or
unexpected  increase in prepayments can severely depress the price of IOs, while
a rapid or unexpected decrease in prepayments could have the same effect on POs.
These  securities  are very volatile in price and may have lower  liquidity than
most  other  mortgage-backed  securities.  Certain  non-stripped  CMOs  may also
exhibit these  qualities,  especially  those that pay variable rates of interest
that adjust inversely with, and more rapidly than, short-term interest rates. In
addition,  if interest  rates rise rapidly and  prepayment  rates slow more than
expected, certain CMOs, in addition to losing value, can exhibit characteristics
of  longer-term  securities  and become more  volatile.  There is no guarantee a
Fund's  investment in CMOs,  IOs, or POs will be successful,  and a Fund's total
return could be adversely affected as a result.

RESTRICTED  SECURITIES -- Diversified Income Fund, High Yield Fund and Cash Fund
may invest in restricted securities that are eligible for resale under Rule 144A
of the  Securities  Act of 1933.  These  securities are sold directly to a small
number of investors, usually institutions.  Unlike public offerings,  restricted
securities are not registered with the SEC. Although restricted securities which
are eligible for resale under Rule 144A may be readily sold to qualified buyers,
there may not always be a market for them and their sale may involve substantial
delays and  additional  costs.  In addition,  the Funds,  except Cash Fund,  may
invest in  restricted  securities  that are not  eligible  for resale under Rule
144A. Because there is no active market for these types of securities, selling a
security  that is not a Rule 144A  security may be difficult  and/or may involve
expenses that would not be incurred in the sale of  securities  that were freely
marketable.

LOWER RATE DEBT  SECURITIES --  Diversified  Income Fund and High Yield Fund may
invest in higher  yielding  debt  securities  in the lower rating  (higher risk)
categories of the  recognized  rating  services  (commonly  referred to as "junk
bonds").  The total  return and yield of junk bonds can be expected to fluctuate
more than the total return and yield of higher-quality  bonds. Junk bonds (those
rated below BBB or in default) are regarded as  predominantly  speculative  with
respect to the  issuer's  continuing  ability  to meet  principal  and  interest
payments.  Successful investment in lower-medium- and low-quality bonds involves
greater  investment  risk and is highly  dependent on the  Investment  Manager's
credit analysis.  A real or perceived economic downturn or higher interest rates
could  cause a decline in  high-yield  bond prices by  lessening  the ability of
issuers to make  principal and interest  payments.  These bonds are often thinly
traded and can be more difficult to sell and value accurately than  high-quality
bonds. Because objective pricing data may be less available, judgment may play a
greater role in the valuation process. In addition,  the entire junk bond market
can  experience  sudden and sharp  price  swings  due to a variety  of  factors,
including  changes  in  economic  forecasts,  stock  market  activity,  large or
sustained sales by major investors,  a high-profile default, or just a change in
the market's psychology. This type of volatility is usually associated more with
stocks than bonds, but junk bond investors should be prepared for it.

U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES-- Each Fund may invest in U.S. Government securities.
Some U.S. Government securities, such as Treasury bills and bonds, are supported
by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury;  others, such as those of the
Federal  National  Mortgage  Association,  are  supported  by the  discretionary
authority of the U.S.  Government  to purchase the agency's  obligations;  still
others such as those of the Student Loan  Marketing  Association,  are supported
only by the credit of the  instrumentality.  U.S. Government  securities include
bills,  certificates of indebtedness,  notes and bonds issued by the Treasury or
by agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S. Government.

GUARANTEED  INVESTMENT  CONTRACTS ("GICS") -- Cash Fund may invest in GICs. When
investing in GICs,  the Fund makes a cash  contribution  to a deposit fund of an
insurance  company's  general  account.   The  insurance  company  then  credits
guaranteed  interest to the deposit  fund on a monthly  basis.  The GICs provide
that this guaranteed  interest will not be less than a certain minimum rate. The
insurance  company may assess  periodic  charges  against a GIC for expenses and
service  costs  allocable to it, and the charges will be deducted from the value
of the deposit  fund.  Cash Fund may invest only in GICs that have  received the
requisite  ratings by one or more  NRSROs.  Because a Fund may not  receive  the
principal amount of a GIC from the insurance  company on 7 days' notice or less,
the GIC is considered an illiquid  investment.  In determining average portfolio
maturity,  GICs will be deemed to have a  maturity  equal to the  period of time
remaining until the next readjustment of the guaranteed interest rate.

Some of the management practices of the Funds include:

CASH RESERVES -- Each Fund may establish and maintain reserves as the Investment
Manager or Sub-Adviser  believes is advisable to facilitate the Fund's cash flow
needs (E.G., redemptions, expenses and purchases of portfolio securities) or for
temporary,  defensive purposes. Such reserves may include various types of money
market instruments, certificates of deposit, bank demand accounts and repurchase
agreements.

BORROWING  -- Each Fund may borrow  money from banks as a temporary  measure for
emergency purposes,  to facilitate  redemption  requests,  or for other purposes
consistent with the Fund's investment objective and program. Such borrowings may
be  collateralized  with  Fund  assets.  To the  extent  that  a Fund  purchases
securities  while it has outstanding  borrowings,  it is using  leverage,  I.E.,
using borrowed funds for  investment.  Leveraging  will exaggerate the effect on
net asset value of any  increase  or  decrease  in the market  value of a Fund's
portfolio.  Money borrowed for leveraging will be subject to interest costs that
may or may not be recovered by  appreciation  of the  securities  purchased;  in
certain cases,  interest costs may exceed the return  received on the securities
purchased.  A Fund also may be required to maintain  minimum average balances in
connection with such borrowing or to pay a commitment or other fee to maintain a
line of  credit;  either  of  these  requirements  would  increase  the  cost of
borrowing over the stated interest rate.

FUTURES AND OPTIONS --  Diversified  Income Fund,  High Yield Fund and Municipal
Bond Fund may utilize futures  contracts.  The Diversified  Income Fund and High
Yield Fund may also utilize  options on futures,  and may purchase  call and put
options and write call and put options on a "covered" basis.  Futures (a type of
potentially high-risk derivative) are often used to manage or hedge risk because
they enable the investor to buy or sell an asset in the future at an agreed-upon
price.  Options  (another type of  potentially  high-risk  derivative)  give the
investor the right (where the investor purchases the options), or the obligation
(where the investor  writes  (sells) the options),  to buy or sell an asset at a
predetermined  price in the future.  Futures and options contracts may be bought
or sold for any number of reasons,  including:  to manage exposure to changes in
interest  rates and bond  prices;  as an efficient  means of  adjusting  overall
exposure  to certain  markets;  in an effort to enhance  income;  to protect the
value of portfolio securities; and to adjust portfolio duration. The Diversified
Income  Fund and High  Yield  Fund may  purchase,  sell,  or write  call and put
options on securities and financial  indices.  Futures contracts and options may
not always be successful hedges; their prices can be highly volatile. Using them
could  lower a Fund's  total  return,  and the  potential  loss  from the use of
futures can exceed the Fund's initial investment in such contracts.

SWAPS,  CAPS, FLOORS AND COLLARS -- Diversified  Income Fund and High Yield Fund
may enter into interest rate, total return and index swaps.  High Yield Fund may
also enter into the purchase or sale of related caps, floors and collars. A Fund
would enter into these transactions  primarily to preserve a return or spread on
a particular  investment or portion of its portfolio as a technique for managing
the  portfolio's  duration (I.E.,  the price  sensitivity to changes in interest
rates) or to protect  against any increase in the price of  securities  the Fund
anticipates  purchasing  at a later date. To the extent a Fund enters into these
types  of  transactions,  it  will be done  to  hedge  and not as a  speculative
investment,  and the Fund will not sell  interest rate caps or floors if it does
not own  securities  or other  instruments  providing the income the Fund may be
obligated  to pay.  Interest  rate swaps  involve  the  exchange  by a Fund with
another party of their  respective  commitments to pay or receive  interest on a
notional  amount of  principal.  The purchase of a cap entitles the purchaser to
receive  payments on a notional  principal amount from the party selling the cap
to the extent that a specified index exceeds a predetermined  interest rate. The
purchase of an interest rate floor entitles the purchaser to receive payments on
a notional  principal amount from the party selling the floor to the extent that
a specified index falls below a predetermined  interest rate or amount. A collar
is a combination  of a cap and a floor that  preserves a certain return within a
predetermined range of interest rates or values.

WHEN-ISSUED  SECURITIES AND FORWARD  COMMITMENT  CONTRACTS -- Diversified Income
Fund,  High Yield Fund and Municipal Bond Fund may purchase and sell  securities
on a "when issued," "forward  commitment" or "delayed delivery" basis. The price
of these  securities is fixed at the time of the commitment to buy, but delivery
and payment can take place a month or more later. During the interim period, the
market value of the  securities can  fluctuate,  and no interest  accrues to the
purchaser.  At the time of delivery,  the value of the securities may be more or
less than the purchase or sale price.  When a Fund purchases  securities on this
basis,  there is a risk that the  securities  may not be delivered  and that the
Fund may incur a loss.

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER -- Although the Funds will not generally trade for short-term
profits, circumstances may warrant a sale without regard to the length of time a
security  was held. A high  turnover  rate may  increase  transaction  costs and
result in additional taxable gains.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

   The financial  highlights table is intended to help you understand the Fund's
financial  performance  for their  Class A shares and Class B shares  during the
past five years, or the period since commencement of a Fund. Certain information
reflects  financial  results for a single Fund share.  The total  returns in the
table  represent  the rate that an  investor  would have  earned (or lost) on an
investment in the Fund assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions.
This  information  has been derived  from  financial  statements  that have been
audited  by Ernst & Young LLP,  whose  report,  along with the Funds'  financial
statements, are included in the annual report, which is available upon request.

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DIVERSIFIED INCOME FUND (CLASS A)
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<CAPTION>
                                                                               FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31
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                                                         1999(B)(C)(D)    1998(B)(C)     1997(B)(C)    1996(B)(C)(E)   1995(B)(C)(E)
                                                         -------------   ------------   ------------   -------------   -------------
<S>                                                      <C>             <C>            <C>            <C>             <C>
PER SHARE DATA
Net asset value beginning of period.......................  $ 4.96          $ 4.81         $ 4.71         $ 4.97          $ 4.35

INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:
Net investment income ....................................    0.26            0.27           0.32           0.31            0.30
Net gain (loss) on securities (realized & unrealized).....   (0.44)           0.16           0.10          (0.26)           0.62
                                                            -------         -------        -------        -------         -------
Total from investment operations..........................   (0.18)           0.43           0.42           0.05            0.92

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:
Dividends (from net investment income)....................   (0.26)          (0.28)         (0.32)         (0.31)          (0.30)
Distributions (from realized gains).......................     ---             ---            ---            ---             ---
                                                            -------         -------        -------        -------         -------
Total distributions.......................................   (0.26)          (0.28)         (0.32)         (0.31)          (0.30)
                                                            -------         -------        -------        -------         -------
Net asset value end of period.............................  $ 4.52          $ 4.96         $ 4.81         $ 4.71          $ 4.97
                                                            =======         =======        =======        =======         =======
Total return (a)..........................................   (3.6)%           9.1%           9.2%           1.3%           21.9%

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net assets end of period (thousands)......................  $12,723         $12,644         $7,652         $8,036         $10,080
Ratio of expenses to average net assets...................    0.87%           0.93%          0.60%          0.65%           1.11%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets......    5.58%           5.62%          6.10%          6.44%           6.41%
Portfolio turnover rate...................................      65%             78%            39%            75%             81%
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DIVERSIFIED INCOME FUND (CLASS B)
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<CAPTION>
                                                                               FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31
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                                                         1999(B)(C)(D)    1998(B)(C)     1997(B)(C)    1996(B)(C)(E)   1995(B)(C)(E)
                                                         -------------   ------------   ------------   -------------   -------------
<S>                                                      <C>             <C>            <C>            <C>             <C>
PER SHARE DATA
Net asset value beginning of period.......................   $ 4.95         $ 4.80         $ 4.71         $ 4.97         $ 4.35

INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:
Net investment income.....................................     0.22           0.22           0.26           0.25           0.26
Net gain (loss) on securities (realized & unrealized).....    (0.44)          0.16           0.10          (0.25)          0.63
                                                             -------        -------        -------        -------        -------
Total from investment operations..........................    (0.22)          0.38           0.36          (0.00)          0.89

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:
Dividends (from net investment income)....................    (0.22)         (0.23)         (0.27)         (0.26)         (0.27)
Distributions (from realized gains).......................      ---            ---            ---            ---            ---
                                                             -------        -------        -------        -------        -------
Total distributions.......................................    (0.22)         (0.23)         (0.27)         (0.26)         (0.27)
                                                             -------        -------        -------        -------        -------
Net asset value end of period.............................   $ 4.51         $ 4.95         $ 4.80         $ 4.71         $ 4.97
                                                             =======        =======        =======        =======        =======
Total return (a)..........................................    (4.6)%          8.0%           7.9%          (0.02)%        20.9%

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net assets end of period (thousands)......................    $2,356         $3,668         $1,091         $  661         $  582
Ratio of expenses to average net assets...................     1.85%          1.85%          1.68%          1.86%          1.87%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets......     4.55%          4.66%          5.02%          5.23%          5.69%
Portfolio turnover rate...................................       65%            78%            39%            75%            81%
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HIGH YIELD FUND (CLASS A)
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<CAPTION>
                                                                               FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31
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                                                           1999(B)(C)     1998(B)(C)     1997(B)(C)    1996(B)(C)(F)
                                                         -------------   ------------   ------------   -------------
<S>                                                      <C>             <C>            <C>            <C>
PER SHARE DATA
Net asset value beginning of period......................     $15.05        $15.71         $15.32         $15.00

INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:
Net investment income....................................       1.25          1.22           1.25           0.45
Net gain (loss) on securities (realized & unrealized)....      (1.32)        (0.47)          0.60           0.32
                                                              -------       -------        -------        ------
Total from investment operations.........................      (0.07)         0.75           1.85           0.77

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:
Dividends (from net investment income)...................      (1.18)        (1.22)         (1.25)         (0.45)
Distributions (from realized gains)......................      (0.15)        (0.19)         (0.21)           ---
                                                              -------       -------        -------        -------
Total distributions......................................      (1.33)        (1.41)         (1.46)         (0.45)
                                                              -------       -------        -------        -------
Net asset value end of period............................     $13.65        $15.05         $15.71         $15.32
                                                              =======       =======        =======        =======
Total return (a).........................................      (0.5)%         5.0%          12.6%           5.2%

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net assets end of period (thousands).....................      $6,328        $5,781         $5,179         $2,780
Ratio of expenses to average net assets..................       0.72%         0.76%          0.87%          1.54%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets.....       8.17%         7.96%          8.14%          7.47%
Portfolio turnover rate..................................         36%          103%            87%           168%
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HIGH YIELD FUND (CLASS B)
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<CAPTION>
                                                                               FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31
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                                                           1999(B)(C)     1998(B)(C)     1997(B)(C)    1996(B)(C)(F)
                                                         -------------   ------------   ------------   -------------
<S>                                                      <C>             <C>            <C>            <C>
PER SHARE DATA
Net asset value beginning of period......................     $15.02        $15.68         $15.32         $15.00

INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:
Net investment income....................................       1.06          1.10           1.10           0.41
Net gain (loss) on securities (realized & unrealized)....      (1.25)        (0.47)          0.59           0.32
                                                              -------       -------        -------        -------
Total from investment operations.........................      (0.19)         0.63           1.69           0.73

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:
Dividends (from net investment income)...................      (1.06)        (1.10)         (1.12)         (0.41)
Distributions (from realized gains)......................      (0.15)        (0.19)         (0.21)           ---
                                                              -------       -------        -------        -------
Total distributions......................................      (1.21)        (1.29)         (1.33)         (0.41)
                                                              -------       -------        -------        -------
Net asset value end of period............................     $13.62        $15.02         $15.68         $15.32
                                                              =======       =======        =======        =======
Total return (a).........................................      (1.3)%         4.2%          11.5%           4.9%

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net assets end of period (thousands).....................      $4,469        $4,236         $4,432         $2,719
Ratio of expenses to average net assets..................       1.53%         1.53%          1.80%          2.26%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets.....       7.35%         7.17%          7.21%          6.74%
Portfolio turnover rate..................................         36%          103%            87%           168%
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</TABLE>

<TABLE>
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MUNICIPAL BOND FUND (CLASS A)
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<CAPTION>
                                                                               FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31
                                                       -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                       1999(B)(C)(E)   1998(B)(C)(E)   1997(B)(C)(E)   1996(B)(C)(E)   1995(B)(C)(E)
                                                       -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------
<S>                                                    <C>             <C>             <C>             <C>             <C>
PER SHARE DATA
Net asset value beginning of period....................    $10.24          $10.08          $ 9.72          $ 9.94          $ 9.05

INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:
Net investment income..................................      0.42            0.43            0.42            0.45            0.48
Net gain (loss) on securities (realized & unrealized)..     (0.76)           0.17            0.36           (0.21)           0.89
                                                           -------         -------         -------         -------        --------
Total from investment operations.......................     (0.34)           0.60            0.78            0.24            1.37

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:
Dividends (from net investment income).................     (0.42)          (0.44)          (0.42)          (0.46)          (0.48)
Distributions (from realized gains)....................       ---             ---             ---            ---              ---
                                                           -------         -------         -------         -------         -------
Total distributions....................................     (0.42)          (0.44)          (0.42)          (0.46)          (0.48)
                                                           -------         -------         -------         -------         -------
Net asset value end of period..........................   $  9.48          $10.24          $10.08          $ 9.72          $ 9.94
                                                           =======         =======         =======         =======         =======
Total return (a).......................................     (3.5)%           6.1%            8.3%            2.5%           15.5%

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net assets end of period (thousands)...................    $17,630         $19,012         $21,953         $23,304         $25,026
Ratio of expenses to average net assets................      1.01%           0.82%           0.82%           0.78%           0.86%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets...      4.19%           4.23%           4.29%           4.67%           5.02%
Portfolio turnover rate................................       108%             94%             48%             54%            103%
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</TABLE>

<TABLE>
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MUNICIPAL BOND FUND (CLASS B)
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<CAPTION>
                                                                               FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31
                                                       -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                       1999(B)(C)(E)   1998(B)(C)(E)   1997(B)(C)(E)   1996(B)(C)(E)   1995(B)(C)(E)
                                                       -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------
<S>                                                    <C>             <C>             <C>             <C>             <C>
PER SHARE DATA
Net asset value beginning of period....................    $10.26          $10.08          $ 9.73          $ 9.95          $ 9.05

INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:
Net investment income..................................      0.34            0.31            0.29            0.33            0.37
Net gain (loss) on securities (realized & unrealized)..     (0.76)           0.17            0.37           (0.21)           0.90
                                                           -------         -------         -------         -------         -------
Total from investment operations.......................     (0.42)           0.48            0.66            0.12            1.27

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:
Dividends (from net investment income).................     (0.34)          (0.30)          (0.31)          (0.34)          (0.37)
Distributions (from realized gains)....................       ---             ---             ---             ---             ---
                                                           -------         -------         -------         -------         -------
Total distributions....................................     (0.34)          (0.30)          (0.31)          (0.34)          (0.37)
                                                           -------         -------         -------         -------        --------
Net asset value end of period..........................    $ 9.50          $10.26          $10.08          $ 9.73          $ 9.95
                                                           =======         =======         =======         =======         =======
Total return (a).......................................     (4.2)%           4.8%            6.9%            1.2%           14.3%

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net assets end of period (thousands)...................     $1,661          $1,367         $2,344           $1,510          $1,190
Ratio of expenses to average net assets................      1.76%           2.01%          2.00%            2.01%           2.00%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets...      3.45%           3.04%          3.11%            3.44%           3.90%
Portfolio turnover rate................................       108%             94%            48%              54%            103%
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</TABLE>

<TABLE>
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CASH FUND
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<CAPTION>
                                                                               FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31
                                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            1999(C)       1998(C)(E)     1997(C)(E)    1996(B)(C)(E)   1995(B)(C)(E)
                                                         -------------   ------------   ------------   -------------   -------------
<S>                                                      <C>             <C>            <C>            <C>             <C>
PER SHARE DATA
Net asset value beginning of period......................   $ 1.00          $ 1.00         $ 1.00         $ 1.00          $ 1.00

Net investment income....................................     0.04            0.05           0.05           0.05            0.05
Net gain (loss) on securities (realized & unrealized)....      ---             ---            ---            ---             ---
                                                            -------         -------        -------        -------         -------
Total from investment operations.........................     0.04            0.05           0.05           0.05            0.05

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:
Dividends (from net investment income)...................    (0.04)          (0.05)         (0.05)         (0.05)          (0.05)
Distributions (from realized gains)......................      ---             ---            ---            ---             ---
                                                            -------         -------        -------        -------         -------
Total distributions......................................    (0.04)          (0.05)         (0.05)         (0.05)          (0.05)
                                                            -------         -------        -------        -------         -------
Net asset value end of period............................   $ 1.00          $ 1.00         $ 1.00         $ 1.00          $ 1.00
                                                            =======         =======        =======        =======         =======
Total return (a).........................................     4.4%            4.7%           4.9%           4.6%            5.0%

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net assets end of period (thousands)......................  $53,137         $61,828        $57,441        $45,331         $38,158
Ratio of expenses to average net assets...................    0.86%           0.89%          0.90%          1.01%           1.00%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets......    4.30%           4.60%          4.80%          4.47%           5.00%
Portfolio turnover rate...................................     ---             ---            ---            ---             ---
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</TABLE>

(a) Total return  information  does not take into account any sales charges paid
    at the time of purchase or contingent deferred sales charges paid at time of
    redemption.

(b) Fund expenses were reduced by  reimbursement  from the  Investment  Manager.
    Expense ratios absent such reimbursements would have been as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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                                1999               1998               1997               1996               1995
                          ----------------   ----------------   ----------------   ----------------   ----------------
                          CLASS A  CLASS B   CLASS A  CLASS B   CLASS A  CLASS B   CLASS A  CLASS B   CLASS A  CLASS B
    <S>                    <C>      <C>       <C>      <C>       <C>      <C>       <C>      <C>       <C>      <C>
    Diversified Income     1.37%    2.36%     1.43%    3.03%     1.06%    2.14%     1.17%    3.26%     1.22%    3.70%
    High Yield             1.32%    2.13%     1.36%    2.13%     1.44%    2.37%     2.11%    2.83%      ---      ---
    Municipal Bond         1.14%    2.19%     0.82%    2.18%     0.83%    2.00%     0.78%    2.19%     0.86%    2.45%
    Cash                    ---      ---       ---      ---       ---      ---      1.01%     ---      1.04%     ---
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</TABLE>

(c) Net  investment  income was  computed  using the  average  month-end  shares
    outstanding throughout the period.

(d) The Fund's Board of Directors  changed its  investment  policies,  effective
    February 4, 2000.  Prior to that change,  the Fund had a policy of investing
    at least 80% of its total assets in U.S. Government securities. The fund may
    now invest in a more diversified portfolio of debt securities.

(e) Expense  ratios  including  reimbursements,   were  calculated  without  the
    reduction for custodian fees earnings  credits  beginning  February 1, 1995.
    Expense ratios with such reductions would have been as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                1999               1998               1997               1996               1995
                          ----------------   ----------------   ----------------   ----------------   ----------------
                          CLASS A  CLASS B   CLASS A  CLASS B   CLASS A  CLASS B   CLASS A  CLASS B   CLASS A  CLASS B
    <S>                    <C>      <C>       <C>      <C>       <C>      <C>       <C>      <C>       <C>      <C>
    Diversified Income      ---      ---       ---      ---       ---      ---      0.64%    1.85%     1.10%    1.85%
    Municipal Bond         1.00%    1.75%     0.82%    2.00%     0.83%    2.00%     0.77%    2.00%     0.85%    2.00%
    Cash                    ---      ---      0.89%     ---      1.00%     ---      1.00%     ---      1.00%     ---
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</TABLE>

(f) High  Yield Fund was  initially  capitalized  on August 5, 1996,  with a net
    asset value of $15.00 per share. Percentage amounts for the period have been
    annualized, except total return.
<PAGE>
                                   APPENDIX A
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DESCRIPTION OF SHORT-TERM INSTRUMENTS

The  types  of  instruments  that  will  form  the  major  part of  Cash  Fund's
investments are described below:

U.S.  GOVERNMENT  SECURITIES -- Federal agency  securities are debt  obligations
which principally result from lending programs of the U.S.  Government.  Housing
and agriculture have traditionally  been the principal  beneficiaries of federal
credit  programs,  and agencies  involved in providing credit to agriculture and
housing account for the bulk of the outstanding agency securities.

Some U.S. Government securities, such as Treasury bills and bonds, are supported
by the full faith and credit of the U.S.  Treasury;  others are supported by the
right of the issuer to borrow from the  Treasury;  others,  such as those of the
Federal  National  Mortgage  Association,  are  supported  by the  discretionary
authority of the U.S.  Government  to purchase the agency's  obligations;  still
others such as those of the Student Loan  Marketing  Association,  are supported
only by the credit of the instrumentality.

U.S.  Treasury  bills are issued with  maturities  of any period up to one year.
Three-month  bills are currently  offered by the Treasury on a 13-week cycle and
are auctioned  each week by the  Treasury.  Bills are issued in bearer form only
and are sold only on a discount basis,  and the difference  between the purchase
price  and the  maturity  value  (or the  resale  price if they are sold  before
maturity) constitutes the interest income for the investor.

CERTIFICATES  OF DEPOSIT -- A  certificate  of deposit is a  negotiable  receipt
issued by a bank or savings and loan  association in exchange for the deposit of
funds. The issuer agrees to pay the amount deposited plus interest to the bearer
of the receipt on the date specified on the certificate.

COMMERCIAL  PAPER  --  Commercial  paper  is  generally   defined  as  unsecured
short-term  notes  issued in bearer form by large  well-known  corporations  and
finance companies.  Maturities on commercial paper range from a few days to nine
months. Commercial paper is also sold on a discount basis.

BANKER'S ACCEPTANCES -- A banker's acceptance generally arises from a short-term
credit  arrangement  designed to enable  businesses  to obtain  funds to finance
commercial  transactions.  Generally,  an  acceptance is a time draft drawn on a
bank by an exporter or an importer to obtain a stated amount of funds to pay for
specific  merchandise.  The draft is then  "accepted" by a bank that, in effect,
unconditionally  guarantees  to pay the  face  value  of the  instrument  on its
maturity date.

DESCRIPTION OF COMMERCIAL PAPER RATINGS

A Prime  rating is the  highest  commercial  paper  rating  assigned  by Moody's
Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's"). Issuers rated Prime are further referred to
by use of numbers 1, 2 and 3 to denote  relative  strength  within this  highest
classification. Among the factors considered by Moody's in assigning ratings are
the  following:  (1)  evaluation of the  management of the issuer;  (2) economic
evaluation  of  the  issuer's   industry  or  industries  and  an  appraisal  of
speculative type risks which may be inherent in certain areas; (3) evaluation of
the issuer's  products in relation to competition and customer  acceptance;  (4)
liquidity;  (5) amount and quality of long-term debt; (6) trend of earnings over
a period of ten  years;  (7)  financial  strength  of a parent  company  and the
relationships  which exist with the issuer; and (8) recognition by management of
obligations  which may be  present  or may arise as a result of public  interest
questions and preparations to meet such obligations.

Commercial  paper  rated "A" by  Standard & Poor's  Corporation  ("S&P") has the
highest  rating and is  regarded  as having  the  greatest  capacity  for timely
payment.  Commercial  paper rated A-1 by S&P has the following  characteristics:
(1)  liquidity  ratios are  adequate to meet cash  requirements;  (2)  long-term
senior  debt is rated "A" or  better;  (3) the issuer has access to at least two
additional  channels  of  borrowing;  (4) basic  earnings  and cash flow have an
upward trend with allowance made for unusual circumstances;  (5) typically,  the
issuer's  industry  is well  established  and the issuer  has a strong  position
within the  industry;  and (6) the  reliability  and quality of  management  are
unquestioned.  Relative  strength  or weakness  of the above  factors  determine
whether the issuer's commercial paper is rated A-1, A-2 or A-3.

DESCRIPTION OF CORPORATE BOND RATINGS

MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICE,  INC. -- Aaa. Bonds which are rated Aaa are judged to
be of the best quality.  They carry the smallest  degree of investment  risk and
are generally  referred to as "gilt-edge."  Interest payments are protected by a
large or by an  exceptionally  stable margin and principal is secure.  While the
various  protective  elements  are  likely to  change,  such  changes  as can be
visualized are most unlikely to impair the fundamentally strong position of such
issues.

Aa. Bonds which are rated Aa are judged to be of high quality by all  standards.
Together with the Aaa group they comprise what are generally known as high grade
bonds.  They are rated lower than the best bonds  because  margins of protection
may not be as large as in Aaa securities or  fluctuation of protective  elements
may be of greater  amplitude or there may be other  elements  present which make
the long-term risks appear somewhat larger than in Aaa securities.

A. Bonds which are rated A possess many favorable investment  attributes and are
to be considered as upper medium grade  obligations.  Factors giving security to
principal  and interest  are  considered  adequate,  but elements may be present
which suggest a susceptibility to impairment sometime in the future.

Baa. Bonds which are rated Baa are considered as medium grade obligations, i.e.,
they are neither  highly  protected nor poorly  secured.  Interest  payments and
principal  security  appear  adequate  for the present,  but certain  protective
elements may be lacking or may be  characteristically  unreliable over any great
length of time. Such bonds lack outstanding  investment  characteristics  and in
fact have speculative characteristics as well.

Ba.  Bonds  which are rated Ba are judged to have  speculative  elements;  their
future cannot be considered  as well assured.  Often the  protection of interest
and  principal  payments may be very  moderate and thereby not well  safeguarded
during  both  good  and bad  times  over the  future.  Uncertainty  of  position
characterizes bonds in this class.

B. Bonds  which are rated B  generally  lack  characteristics  of the  desirable
investment.  Assurance of interest and principal  payments or of  maintenance of
other terms of the contract over any long period of time may be small.

Caa.  Bonds  which are rated Caa are of poor  standing.  Such  issues  may be in
default or there may be present  elements of danger with respect to principal or
interest.

Ca. Bonds which are rated Ca represent  obligations  which are  speculative in a
high degree. Such issues are often in default or have other market shortcomings.

C. Bonds which are rated C are the lowest  rated  class of bonds,  and issues so
rated can be regarded as having  extremely  poor prospects of ever attaining any
real investment standing.

NOTE:  Moody's  applies  numerical  modifiers 1, 2 and 3 in each generic  rating
classification  from Aa through B. The  modifier 1 indicates  that the  security
ranks in the higher end of its generic rating category. The modifier 2 indicates
a mid-range ranking,  and modifier 3 indicates that the issue ranks in the lower
end of its generic rating category.

STANDARD & POOR'S  CORPORATION  -- AAA.  Bonds rated AAA have the highest rating
assigned by Standard & Poor's to a debt obligation. Capacity to pay interest and
repay principal is extremely strong.

AA.  Bonds  rated AA have a very  strong  capacity  to pay  interest  and  repay
principal and differ from the highest rated issues only in small degree.

A. Bonds rated A have a strong  capacity  to pay  interest  and repay  principal
although they are somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in
circumstances and economic conditions than bonds in higher rated categories.

BBB. Bonds rated BBB are regarded as having an adequate capacity to pay interest
and  repay  principal.   Whereas  they  normally  exhibit  adequate   protection
parameters,  adverse  economic  conditions  or changing  circumstances  are more
likely to lead to a weakened  capacity to pay interest and repay  principal  for
bonds in this category than for bonds in higher rated categories.

BB, B, CCC,  CC.  Bonds rated BB, B, CCC and CC are  regarded,  on  balance,  as
predominantly  speculative with respect to the issuer's capacity to pay interest
and repay principal in accordance  with the terms of  obligations.  BB indicates
the lowest degree of speculation and CC the highest degree of speculation. While
such bonds will likely have some quality and protective  characteristics,  these
are  outweighed  by large  uncertainties  or major  risk  exposures  to  adverse
conditions.

C. The rating C is reserved for income bonds in which no interest is being paid.

D. Debt rated D is in  default  and  payment of  interest  and/or  repayment  of
   principal is in arrears.

NOTE:  Standard & Poor's  ratings from AA to CCC may be modified by the addition
of a plus or minus sign to show relative standing within the major categories.
<PAGE>
                                   APPENDIX B
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DESCRIPTION OF MUNICIPAL BOND RATINGS

The following  are  summaries of the ratings used by Moody's,  Standard & Poor's
and Fitch's applicable to permitted investments of Municipal Bond Fund:

MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICE, INC.* -- Aaa. Municipal bonds which are rated Aaa are
judged to be of the best quality.  They carry the smallest  degree of investment
risk  and are  generally  referred  to as  "gilt-edge."  Interest  payments  are
protected  by a large or by an  exceptionally  stable  margin and  principal  is
secure. While the various protective elements are likely to change, such changes
as can be  visualized  are most  unlikely  to impair  the  fundamentally  strong
position of such issues.

Aa.  Municipal  bonds which are rated Aa are judged to be of high quality by all
standards. Together with the Aaa group they comprise what are generally known as
high grade bonds.  They are rated lower than the best bonds  because  margins of
protection may not be as large as in Aaa securities or fluctuation of protective
elements  may be of greater  amplitude  or there may be other  elements  present
which make the long-term risks appear somewhat larger than in Aaa securities.

A.  Municipal  bonds  which  are  rated  A  possess  many  favorable  investment
attributes and are to be considered as upper medium grade  obligations.  Factors
giving security to principal and interest are considered adequate,  but elements
may be present which  suggest a  susceptibility  to  impairment  sometime in the
future.

Baa. Bonds which are rated Baa are considered as medium grade obligations, i.e.,
they are neither  highly  protected nor poorly  secured.  Interest  payments and
principal  security  appear  adequate  for the present,  but certain  protective
elements may be lacking or may be  characteristically  unreliable over any great
length of time. Such bonds lack outstanding  investment  characteristics  and in
fact have speculative characteristics as well.

NOTE:  Moody's  applies  numerical  modifiers 1, 2 and 3 in each generic  rating
classification  from  Aa  through  B in its  corporate  bond  ratings.  Although
Industrial Revenue Bonds and Environmental  Control Revenue Bonds are tax-exempt
issues,  they are included in the corporate bond rating  system.  The modifier 1
indicates  that the  security  ranks in the  higher  end of its  generic  rating
category. The modifier 2 indicates a mid-range ranking, and modifier 3 indicates
that the issue ranks in the lower end of its generic  rating  category.  Moody's
does not apply numerical  modifiers other than Aa1, A1 and Baa1 in its municipal
bond rating system,  which offer the maximum  security  within the Aa, A and Baa
groups, respectively.

STANDARD & POOR'S  CORPORATION**--  AAA.  Municipal  bonds rated AAA are highest
grade obligations. They possess the ultimate degree of
protection as to principal and interest.

AA. Municipal bonds rated AA also qualify as high grade obligations,  and in the
majority of instances differ from AAA issues only in small degree.

A.  Municipal  bonds  rated A are  regarded  as upper  medium  grade.  They have
considerable  investment strength but are not entirely free from adverse effects
of changes in economic and trade conditions. Interest and principal are regarded
as safe.

BBB.  Bonds  rated  BBB are  regarded  as  having an  adequate  capacity  to pay
principal  and  interest.  Whereas they  normally  exhibit  adequate  protection
parameters,  adverse  economic  conditions  or changing  circumstances  are more
likely to lead to a weakened capacity to pay principal and interest for bonds in
this category than for bonds in the A category.

NOTE:  Standard & Poor's  ratings from AA to CCC may be modified by the addition
of a plus or minus sign to show relative standing within the major categories.

FITCH INVESTORS SERVICE, INC.-- AAA. Bonds considered to be investment grade and
of the highest credit quality.  The obligor has an exceptionally  strong ability
to pay  interest  and repay  principal,  which is  unlikely  to be  affected  by
reasonably foreseeable events.

AA. Bonds considered to be investment grade and of very high credit quality. The
obligor's  ability to pay interest and repay principal is very strong,  although
not quite as strong as bonds rated "AAA."  Because  bonds rated in the "AAA" and
"AA"  categories  are  not  significantly   vulnerable  to  foreseeable   future
developments, short-term debt of these issuers is generally rated "F-1+".

A. Bonds  considered  to be  investment  grade and of high credit  quality.  The
obligor's  ability to pay  interest  and repay  principal  is  considered  to be
strong, but may be more vulnerable to adverse changes in economic conditions and
circumstances than bonds with higher ratings.

BBB. Bonds considered to be investment grade and of satisfactory credit quality.
The  obligor's  ability to pay interest and repay  principal is considered to be
adequate. Adverse changes in economic conditions and circumstances, however, are
more likely to have adverse impact on these bonds,  and therefore  impair timely
payment.  The  likelihood  that the  ratings  of these  bonds  will  fall  below
investment grade is higher than for bonds with higher ratings.

NOTE:  Plus and  minus  signs  are used with a rating  symbol  to  indicate  the
relative position of a credit within the rating category.  Plus and minus signs,
however, are not used in the "AAA" category.

RATINGS OF SHORT-TERM SECURITIES

MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICE -- The following ratings apply to short-term municipal
notes and loans:

MIG 1. Loans bearing this  designation are of the best quality,  enjoying strong
protection from  established  cash flows for their servicing or from established
and broad based access to the market for refinancing, or both.

MIG 2. Loans  bearing  this  designation  are of high  quality  with  margins of
protection ample although not so large as in the preceding group.

The following ratings apply to both commercial paper and municipal paper:

PRIME-1. Issuers receiving this rating have a superior capacity for repayment of
short-term promissory obligations.

PRIME-2.  Issuers  receiving this rating have a strong capacity for repayment of
short-term promissory obligations.

STANDARD & POOR'S  CORPORATION  -- The  following  ratings  apply to  short-term
municipal notes:

AAA.  This  is the  highest  rating  assigned  by S&P to a debt  obligation  and
indicates an extremely strong capacity to repay principal and pay interest.

AA.  Notes  rated AA have a very  strong  capacity  to repay  principal  and pay
interest and differ from AAA issues only in small degree.

The following ratings apply both to commercial paper and municipal paper:

A-1.  This  designation  indicates  that the degree of safety  regarding  timely
payment is very strong.

A-2.  Capacity  for timely  payment on issues with this  designation  is strong.
However,  the  relative  degree of safety is not as  overwhelming  as for issues
designated A-1.

FITCH INVESTORS SERVICE -- The following ratings apply to commercial paper:

F-1+.  Exceptionally  strong  credit  quality.  Issues  assigned this rating are
regarded as having the strongest degree of assurance for timely payment.

F-1.  Very  strong  credit  quality.  Issues  assigned  this  rating  reflect an
assurance  of timely  payment  only  slightly  less in degree than issues  rated
"F-1+".

F-2.  Issues  assigned this rating have a  satisfactory  degree of assurance for
timely  payment but the margin of safety is not as great as for issues  assigned
"F-1+" or "F-1".

 *Moody's Investors Service,  Inc. rates bonds of issuers which have $600,000 or
  more of  debt,  except  bonds  of  educational  institutions,  projects  under
  construction,  enterprises without established earnings records and situations
  where current financial data is unavailable.

**Standard & Poor's Corporation rates all governmental  bodies having $1,000,000
  or more of debt outstanding unless adequate information is not available.
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                                   APPENDIX C
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REDUCED SALES CHARGES

CLASS A SHARES -- Initial sales charges may be reduced or eliminated for persons
or organizations purchasing Class A shares of the Diversified Income, High Yield
and Municipal Bond Funds alone or in combination  with Class A shares of certain
other Security Funds.

For purposes of qualifying  for reduced sales charges on purchases made pursuant
to Rights of  Accumulation  or a Statement of Intention  (also  referred to as a
"Letter of Intent"),  the term "Purchaser"  includes the following  persons:  an
individual; an individual, his or her spouse and children under the age of 21; a
trustee or other fiduciary of a single trust estate or single fiduciary  account
established for their benefit;  an  organization  exempt from federal income tax
under  Section  501(c)(3) or (13) of the Internal  Revenue  Code;  or a pension,
profit-sharing  or other  employee  benefit plan whether or not qualified  under
Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code.

RIGHTS OF ACCUMULATION -- To reduce sales charges on purchases of Class A shares
of  Diversified  Income,  High Yield or  Municipal  Bond Fund,  a Purchaser  may
combine all previous purchases of the Fund with a contemplated  current purchase
and receive the reduced  applicable front end sales charge. The Distributor must
be notified when a sale takes place which might  qualify for the reduced  charge
on the basis of previous purchases.

Rights of accumulation also apply to purchases representing a combination of the
Class A shares of Diversified  Income,  High Yield,  Municipal Bond,  Growth and
Income, Equity, Global, Total Return, Social Awareness, Mid Cap Value, Small Cap
Growth, Enhanced Index,  International,  Select 25, Large Cap Growth, Technology
or Ultra  Fund in those  states  where  shares of the Fund being  purchased  are
qualified for sale.

STATEMENT  OF  INTENTION -- A Purchaser  of  Diversified  Income,  High Yield or
Municipal  Bond Fund may choose to sign a Statement of Intention  within 90 days
after the first  purchase to be  included  thereunder,  which will cover  future
purchases of Class A shares of those Funds, Equity, Global, Total Return, Social
Awareness,  Mid Cap Value,  Small Cap  Growth,  Enhanced  Index,  International,
Select 25, Large Cap Growth,  Technology,  Growth and Income or Ultra Fund.  The
amount of these future  purchases  shall be specified  and must be made within a
13-month  period (or  36-month  period for  purchases  of $1 million or more) to
become eligible for the reduced  front-end sales charge applicable to the actual
amount purchased under the statement.  Five percent (5%) of the amount specified
in the Statement of Intention  will be held in escrow shares until the Statement
is  completed  or  terminated.  These  shares may be redeemed by the Fund if the
Purchaser is required to pay additional sales charges. Any dividends paid by the
Fund will be payable with respect to escrow shares. The Purchaser bears the risk
that the escrow shares may decrease in value.

A Statement of Intention may be revised  during the 13-month (or, if applicable,
36-month)  period.  Additional  shares  received  from  reinvestment  of  income
dividends and capital gains  distributions are included in the total amount used
to determine reduced sales charges.

REINSTATEMENT  PRIVILEGE  --  Stockholders  who redeem  their  Class A shares of
Diversified  Income, High Yield or Municipal Bond Fund have a one-time privilege
(1) to reinstate  their accounts by purchasing  shares without a sales charge up
to the  dollar  amount of the  redemption  proceeds;  or (2) to the  extent  the
redeemed shares would have been eligible for the exchange privilege, to purchase
shares of another of the Funds, Growth and Income, Equity, Global, Total Return,
Social   Awareness,   Mid  Cap  Value,   Small  Cap  Growth,   Enhanced   Index,
International,  Select 25, Large Cap Growth, Technology or Ultra Fund, without a
sales charge up to the dollar  amount of the  redemption  proceeds.  To exercise
this privilege,  a stockholder  must provide written notice and the amount to be
reinvested to the Fund within 30 days after the redemption request.

The  reinstatement  or  exchange  will  be  made at the  net  asset  value  next
determined after the reinvestment is received by the Fund.

PURCHASES AT NET ASSET VALUE -- Class A shares of Diversified Income, High Yield
and Municipal  Bond Funds may be purchased at net asset value by (1)  directors,
officers  and  employees  of  the  Funds,  the  Funds'  Investment   Manager  or
Distributor;   directors,  officers  and  employees  of  Security  Benefit  Life
Insurance  Company and its  subsidiaries;  agents licensed with Security Benefit
Life Insurance Company; spouses or minor children of any such agents; as well as
the following relatives of any such directors, officers and employees (and their
spouses): spouses,  grandparents,  parents, children,  grandchildren,  siblings,
nieces and nephews; (2) any trust, pension, profit sharing or other benefit plan
established by any of the foregoing  corporations  for persons  described above;
(3) retirement plans where third party administrators of such plans have entered
into certain  arrangements with the Distributor or its affiliates  provided that
no  commission  is paid to dealers;  and (4)  officers,  directors,  partners or
registered   representatives   (and  their   spouses  and  minor   children)  of
broker-dealers who have a selling agreement with the Distributor. Such sales are
made upon the written  assurance of the purchaser  that the purchase is made for
investment  purposes and that the  securities  will not be transferred or resold
except through redemption or repurchase by or on behalf of the Funds.

Class A shares of  Diversified  Income,  High Yield and Municipal Bond Funds may
also  be  purchased  at net  asset  value  when  the  purchase  is  made  on the
recommendation  of (i) a  registered  investment  adviser,  trustee or financial
intermediary  who has  authority to make  investment  decisions on behalf of the
investor; or (ii) a certified financial planner or registered  broker-dealer who
either charges periodic fees to its customers for financial planning, investment
advisory or asset management  services,  or provides such services in connection
with the establishment of an investment account for which a comprehensive  "wrap
fee" is imposed.  Class A shares of Diversified Income, High Yield and Municipal
Bond Funds may also be purchased at net asset value when the purchase is made by
retirement  plans that (i) buy shares of the  Security  Funds worth  $500,000 or
more;  (ii) have 100 or more eligible  employees at the time of purchase;  (iii)
certify it expects to have annual plan  purchases of shares of Security Funds of
$200,000  or  more;  (iv)  are  provided   administrative  services  by  certain
third-party  administrators that have entered into a special service arrangement
with  the  Security  Funds  relating  to such  plans  or (v) have at the time of
purchase,  aggregate assets of at least  $1,000,000.  Purchases made pursuant to
this  provision  may be subject to a  deferred  sales  charge of up to 1% in the
event of a redemption within one year of the purchase.

The  Distributor  must be notified when a purchase is made that qualifies  under
any of the above provisions.
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                         SECURITY CASH FUND APPLICATION

For  IRA/KEOGH/Corporate  Plans, complete this Application along with other plan
documents.
MAIL APPLICATION TO: Security Cash Fund, P.O. Box 2548, Topeka, KS 66601
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INITIAL  INVESTMENT      [_] Enclosed is my check for $________  made payable to
(CHECK ONE BOX)              Security Cash Fund.
                         [_] On _______ I/we wired $_______ through ____________
MINIMUM                          Date                               Name of Bank
$100
                         _____________________for Fund account number __________
                          City        State

SUBSEQUENT               When investing by wire, call the Fund to  advise of the
INVESTMENTS              investment. The Fund  will supply a control  number for
OF $20 CAN BE            for initial investment and instructions for having your
MADE AT ANY              bank wire Federal funds.
TIME
                                    Attn:_______________________________________
                                    (Include investor's name and account number)
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DIVIDENDS                [_] Reinvest  automatically  all  daily  dividends  and
(CHECK ONE BOX)              other distributions.
                         [_] Cash payment of  all dividends each  month and send
                             proceeds to investor.
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CHECKING                 [_] Please send a supply of  checks permitting me/us to
ACCOUNT                      redeem shares in this  account  by  writing  checks
PRIVILEGE                    for  $100  or  more made  payable  to  any  person.
                             COMPLETE  SIGNATURE  CARD  ON REVERSE  SIDE.  Allow
                             three weeks for delivery of check supply.
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SPECIAL OPTIONS          [_] Telephone Exchange
(CHECK APPLICABLE        [_] Telephone Redemption
BOXES)
                             By checking the  applicable  boxes and signing this
                             Application,  Applicant  authorizes  the Investment
                             Manager  to honor  any  telephone  request  for the
                             exchange and/or  redemption of Fund shares (maximum
                             telephone  redemption  is $10,000),  subject to the
                             terms  of the  Fund's  prospectus.  The  Investment
                             Manager has  established  reasonable  procedures to
                             confirm that instructions communicated by telephone
                             are genuine and may be liable for any losses due to
                             fraudulent or unauthorized instructions if it fails
                             to  comply  with  its  procedures.  The  procedures
                             require  that any  person  requesting  a  telephone
                             redemption   or   exchange   provide   the  account
                             registration    and   number   and    owner's   tax
                             identification  number  and  such  request  must be
                             received on a recorded line.
                             ---------------------------------------------------

                         THE  AUTHORIZATION  ON  REVERSE  SIDE FOR  CORPORATION,
                         PARTNERSHIP,   TRUST,   ETC.,  MUST  BE  COMPLETED  AND
                         RETURNED WITH THIS FORM.

                         [_] Systematic  Withdrawal  Program  (Minimum   account
                             $5,000)

                             Beginning _______, 19___, you are hereby authorized
                             and instructed to send a check for $_______________
                             (minimum $25) drawn on  approximately  [_] 11th day
                             [_] 26th day of the month.
                             Draw payment [_] monthly  [_] quarterly
                             [_] semiannually   [_] annually
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                         [_] Individual ________________________________________
                         [_] Corporate  First           Middle             Last
                         [_] Non-Profit
                         [_] Profit-    ________________________________________
                             Sharing    First           Middle             Last
                                        ________________________________________
                                        Owner's  Taxpayer  Identification No. or
                                        Social Security No.

ACCOUNT                                 ________________________________________
REGISTRATION                            Name of Corporation, Trust, Partnership,
(PLEASE PRINT)                          etc.

                                        ________________________________________
                                        Street Address

                                        ________________________________________
                                        City            State              Zip

                                        Industry Type __________________________
                                                    (Farming, Mfg., Sales, etc.)

                                        Telephone Business (  ) ________________
                                        Home               (  ) ________________

                         If  address  is  outside  U.S.  please indicate if U.S.
                         Citizen   [_] Yes      [_] No
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                         TAXPAYER   IDENTIFICATION   CERTIFICATION:   Under  the
                         penalties  of perjury,  I (1)  certify  that the number
                         provided   on  this   form  is  my   correct   taxpayer
                         identification  number and (2),  *that I am not subject
                         to backup  withholding  either  because I have not been
                         notified that I am subject to backup  withholding  as a
TAX                      result  of  a  failure  to  report  all   interest   or
WITHHOLDING              dividends, or the Internal Revenue Service has notified
                         me that I am no longer subject to backup withholding.

                         * The owner  must  strike out the  language  certifying
                         that they are not subject to backup  withholding due to
                         notified underreporting IF THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
                         NOTIFIED   THEM  THAT  THEY  ARE   SUBJECT   TO  BACKUP
                         WITHHOLDING, and they have not received notice from the
                         service   advising   that   backup    withholding   has
                         terminated.
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                         The  Internal  Revenue  Service  does not require  your
                         consent to any  provision of this  document  other than
                         the certifications to avoid backup withholding.

SIGNATURE(S)             _______________________________________________________
OF APPLICANTS
                         OWNER _________________________________________________

                         _______________________________________________________
INVESTMENT               CORPORATE OFFICER, TRUSTEE, ETC.
DEALER
                         DATE __________________________________________________

                         NAME OF FIRM __________________________________________

                         STREET ADDRESS ________________________________________

                         _______________________________________________________
                         CITY                    STATE                     ZIP

                         JOINT OWNER ___________________________________________

                         _______________________________________________________
                         TITLE
                         IN CASE OF JOINT OWNERSHIP,  BOTH MUST SIGN. IF NO FORM
                         OF  OWNERSHIP IS  DESIGNATED,  THEN  IT WILL BE ASSUMED
                         THE  OWNERSHIP  IS "AS  JOINT  TENANTS,  WITH  RIGHT OF
                         SURVIVORSHIP, AND NOT AS TENANTS IN COMMON."
                         _______________________________________________________
                         DEALER AUTHORIZED

                         _______________________________________________________
                         ACCOUNT REPRESENTATIVE
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Checking Account Privilege - If you have elected this option, the following card
must be completed. This card is similar to one which must be signed when opening
any checking  account.  All joint owners named in the account  registration must
sign this card.  Names  must be signed  exactly  as they  appear in the  account
registration.  All  persons  eligible  to sign  checks for  corporate  accounts,
partnerships, trusts, etc. must sign this card.

The payment of funds on the  conditions  set forth below and on the reverse side
is authorized by the  signature(s)  appearing on the  signature  card.  Security
Management Company, LLC, the Fund's Transfer Agent, is hereby appointed agent by
the  person(s)  signing this card and will cause the Fund to redeem a sufficient
number of shares from the account to cover checks  presented for payment without
requiring signature  guarantees.  The Fund and its agents will not be liable for
any loss,  expense or cost arising out of check  redemptions or checks  returned
without  payment.  SHARES  OUTSTANDING IN THE ACCOUNT FOR LESS THAN 15 DAYS WILL
NOT BE LIQUIDATED TO PAY CHECKS  PRESENTED  UNLESS THE TRANSFER AGENT IS ASSURED
THAT GOOD  PAYMENT HAS BEEN  COLLECTED  THROUGH  NORMAL  BANKING  CHANNELS.  The
Transfer  Agent has the right not to honor checks that are for less than $100 or
checks in an amount  exceeding the value of the account at the time the check is
presented  for  payment.  This  privilege  is subject to the  provisions  of the
current  prospectus of the Fund as amended from time to time. This agreement may
be modified or  terminated  at any time by the Fund or the  Transfer  Agent upon
notification mailed to the shareholder's address of record.

SECURITY CASH FUND SIGNATURE CARD

        ________________________________________________________________________
        Account Number

Authorized Signatures:
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________

[_] Check here if two signatures are required on checks.
[_] Check here if only one signature required on checks.

In signing this card each signatory  agrees to be subject to the customary rules
and regulations  governing  checking accounts and to the conditions set forth on
the reverse side. If the Checking  Account  Privilege is  established  after the
opening of the account,  or if any change is made in the above information,  all
signatures will have to be guaranteed.
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              RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING INDIVIDUALS TO MANAGE ACCOUNT

CORPORATE RESOLUTION

I,    ______________________,    duly   elected   and   acting    Secretary   of
______________________,  a corporation  organized and existing under the laws of
______________________,  certify  that the  following  resolution  is a true and
correct copy of the resolution  adopted by the Board of Directors at its regular
meeting held on  ______________________,  which  resolution is currently in full
force  and  effect:  RESOLVED,  That  the  below  named  individual(s)  of  this
corporation  are  hereby  authorized  to  give  notice,  instructions,  complete
necessary  forms,  execute  withdrawals,  and to  transact  any  other  business
necessary  on this  corporation's  account  invested in shares of Security  Cash
Fund. FURTHER RESOLVED, That this corporation assumes entire responsibility for,
and agrees to indemnify and hold  harmless  Security Cash Fund and/or its agents
against any and all claims,  liabilities,  damages, actions, charges and expense
sustained by action of the below named individual(s).

______________________________        __________________________________________
(PRINT OR TYPE) NAME AND TITLE        SIGNATURE(S)
______________________________        __________________________________________
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and the seal of this corporation this
_____________ day of __________________, 19_____.

(CORPORATE SEAL)                   SECRETARY____________________________________
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AUTHORIZATION FOR PARTNERSHIP, TRUST, OR RETIREMENT PLAN

We,  the  undersigned,  being the  principal  partners  or the  trustees  of the
______________________  (Partnership  or  Trust/Plan)  hereby  state that we are
authorized  to invest the assets of the  partnership  or  trust/plan in Security
Cash Fund. We also agree that  ______________________  or ______________________
have individual authority to purchase, sell, assign, and transfer securities and
to sign checks issuable by the partnership or the trust/plan redeeming shares of
the Fund. We further state that this  individual  authority shall continue to be
honored until revoked by written notice from either of us and is received by the
Transfer   Agent   (Security   Management   Company,   LLC).   By  signing  this
authorization,  we agree that Security Cash Fund,  Security  Management Company,
LLC, and Security  Distributors,  Inc.,  shall be indemnified  and held harmless
from any loss,  damage,  cost or claim  that may arise  from any  authorized  or
unauthorized  use of the assets or checks of the  partnership  or  trust/plan in
connection with the holdings of the Fund.

______________________________        __________________________________________
(PRINT OR TYPE) NAME AND TITLE        SIGNATURE(S)
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                                      SIGNATURE GUARANTEED BY

________________________________________________________________________________
<PAGE>
FOR MORE INFORMATION
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BY TELEPHONE-- Call 1-800-888-2461.

BY MAIL-- Write to:
Security Management Company, LLC
700 SW Harrison
Topeka, KS 66636-0001

ON THE INTERNET -- Reports and other  information  about the Funds can be viewed
online or downloaded from:

SEC:  On the EDGAR Database at http://www.sec.gov

SMC, LLC:  http://www.securitybenefit.com

Additional  information  about the Funds  (including the Statement of Additional
Information)  can  be  reviewed  and  copied  at  the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission's  Public  Reference Room in Washington,  DC.  Information  about the
operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the Commission
at 1-202-942-8090. Copies may be obtained, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by
electronic  request at the following e-mail address:  [email protected],  or by
writing  the  Public  Reference  Section  of  the  Commission,   Washington,  DC
20549-0102.
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ANNUAL/SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT -- Additional information about the Funds' investments
is available in the Funds' annual and semi-annual  reports to  shareholders.  In
the Funds' annual  report,  you will find a discussion of the market  conditions
and investment  strategies that  significantly  affected each Fund's performance
during its last fiscal year.

STATEMENT  OF  ADDITIONAL  INFORMATION  -- The Funds'  Statement  of  Additional
Information and the Funds' annual or semi-annual reports are available,  without
charge  upon  request  by  calling  the  Funds'   toll-free   telephone   number
1-800-888-2461,  extension 3127.  Shareholder  inquiries  should be addressed to
SMC, LLC, 700 SW Harrison Street,  Topeka, Kansas 66636-0001,  or by calling the
Funds'  toll-free  telephone  number  listed  above.  The  Funds'  Statement  of
Additional Information is incorporated into this prospectus by reference.

Each Fund's Investment Company Act file number is listed below:

                  Security Income Fund.............. 811-2120
                  Security Municipal Bond Fund...... 811-3225
                  Security Cash Fund................ 811-3073
<PAGE>
                        CAPITAL PRESERVATION SUPPLEMENT
================================================================================
SECURITY CAPITAL PRESERVATION FUND
A MEMBER OF THE SECURITY BENEFIT GROUP OF COMPANIES
700 HARRISON, TOPEKA, KANSAS 66636-0001


                         SUPPLEMENT DATED JULY 26, 2000
                      TO PROSPECTUS DATED FEBRUARY 1, 2000


The Fund's exchange privilege is amended on the following accounts for which the
Administrator serves as custodian:

*  403(b)(7) accounts
*  SEPP accounts (simplified employee pension plans)
*  SIMPLE Plans (IRA and 401(k))

Effective  September  26,  2000,  shareholders  of such  accounts  may no longer
exchange their shares of  Diversified  Income Fund or High Yield Fund for shares
of Cash Fund.  (In  addition,  shares of Cash Fund are no longer  available  for
purchase under such accounts as of September 26, 2000.)

THE  FOLLOWING   REPLACES  THE  "INVESTMENT   ADVISER"  SECTION  OF  THE  FUND'S
PROSPECTUS:

INVESTMENT  ADVISER -- Under the  supervision  of the Board of  Trustees  of the
Portfolio,  Bankers  Trust  Company  (Bankers  Trust) with  headquarters  at 130
Liberty Street,  New York, New York 10006,  acts as the  Portfolio's  Investment
Adviser. As Investment Adviser,  Bankers Trust makes the Portfolio's  investment
decisions and assumes  responsibility  for the securities the Portfolio owns. It
buys and sells securities for the Portfolio and conducts the research that leads
to the purchase and sale decisions. Bankers Trust received a fee of 0.70% of the
Portfolio's average daily net assets for its services in the last fiscal year.

As of September  30, 1999,  Bankers  Trust had total assets under  management of
approximately $285 billion. Bankers Trust is dedicated to servicing the needs of
corporations,  governments,  financial institutions, and private clients and has
invested  retirement  assets on behalf of the nation's largest  corporations and
institutions  for more than 50  years.  The scope of the  firm's  capability  is
broad:  it is a leader in both the active and  passive  quantitative  investment
disciplines and maintains a major presence in stock and bond markets  worldwide.
As of December 31, 1999,  BT managed  approximately  $15 billion in stable value
assets.

At a Special  Meeting of Shareholders  held on October 8, 1999,  shareholders of
the Portfolio approved a new investment advisory agreement with Morgan Grenfell,
Inc. As of October 6, 1999,  Morgan  Grenfell,  Inc. has been  renamed  Deutsche
Asset Management, Inc. The new investment advisory agreement with Deutsche Asset
Management,  Inc. may be implemented within two years of the date of the Special
Meeting  upon  approval of a majority of the members of the Board of Trustees of
the  Portfolio  who are  not  "interested  persons",  generally  referred  to as
Independent  Trustees.  Shareholders  of  the  Portfolio  also  approved  a  new
sub-investment  advisory  agreement among the Trust,  Deutsche Asset Management,
Inc. and Bankers Trust under which Bankers Trust may perform certain of Deutsche
Asset Management, Inc.'s responsibilities,  at Deutsche Asset Management, Inc.'s
expense, upon approval of the Independent Trustees, within two years of the date
of the Special  Meeting.  Under the new  investment  advisory  agreement and new
sub-advisory agreement, the compensation paid and the services provided would be
the same as those under the existing advisory agreement with Bankers Trust.

Deutsche Asset Management,  Inc. is located at 885 Third Avenue, 32nd Floor, New
York,  New York 10022.  The firm  provides a full range of  investment  advisory
services to institutional  clients.  It serves as investment adviser to 11 other
investment companies and as sub-adviser to five other investment companies.

THE  FOLLOWING  REPLACES  THE  "INTEREST  RATE  TRIGGER"  SECTION  OF THE FUND'S
PROSPECTUS:

INTEREST RATE TRIGGER -- Qualified TSA  Redemptions,  Qualified IRA  Redemptions
and Qualified  Plan  Redemptions  are not subject to the  redemption  fee at any
time. All other  redemptions are subject to the redemption fee, in the amount of
3%, on the proceeds of such  redemptions  of shares by  shareholders  on any day
that the  "Interest  Rate  Trigger" (as  described  below) is "active,"  and not
subject to those charges on days that the Interest  Rate Trigger is  "inactive."
The Interest Rate Trigger is active on any day when,  as of the  preceding  day,
the "Reference  Index Yield" exceeds the sum of the "Annual  Effective Yield" of
the Portfolio's plus 1.35%. The Reference Index Yield on any determination  date
is  the  previous  day's  closing  "Yield  to  Worst"  on  the  Lehman  Brothers
Intermediate  Treasury Bond Index(R).  The "Annual  Effective  Yield"  generally
represents  one day's  investment  income  expressed as an annualized  yield and
compounded  annually.  The status of the  Interest  Rate  Trigger will either be
"active" or  "inactive" on any day, and shall be determined on every day that an
NAV is calculated  for the Fund.  Once the Interest  Rate Trigger is active,  it
remains active every day until the Reference Index Yield is less than the sum of
the  Annual  Effective  Yield of the  Portfolio  plus  1.10%,  at which time the
Interest Rate Trigger becomes inactive on the following day and remains inactive
every day thereafter  until it becomes active again.  An example of when and how
the redemption fee will apply to the redemption of shares follows.

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The Annual  Effective  Yield of the Portfolio is intended to represent one day's
investment income expressed as an annualized yield and compounded annually.  The
Annual  Effective  Yield of the Portfolio shall be expressed as a percentage and
calculated on each  business day as follows  based on the dividend  declared for
the previous day:

                 [(1 + previous day's dividend factor)^365 - 1]
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                                  NAV per share

Please note that the Annual  Effective  Yield of the Fund will be lower than the
annual  effective yield of the Portfolio  because the  Portfolio's  expenses are
lower than the Fund's.
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A shareholder  is  considering  submitting a request for a redemption of Class A
shares  other than a Qualified  TSA  Redemption,  Qualified  IRA  Redemption  or
Qualified Plan Redemption to the Fund on March 2 in the amount of $5,000. Assume
that the  Reference  Index Yield is 8.65% as of the close of business on March 1
and the Annual  Effective  Yield of the Portfolio is 6.20% as of that date.  The
Annual  Effective Yield of the Portfolio plus 1.35% equals 7.55%.  Since this is
less than the  Reference  Index Yield of 8.65%,  the  Interest  Rate  Trigger is
active. Thus, the net redemption proceeds to the Shareholder will be $4,850. The
redemption fee will continue to apply to all redemptions which are not Qualified
TSA Redemptions,  Qualified IRA Redemptions or Qualified Plan Redemptions  until
the day  after the  Reference  Index  Yield is less  than the sum of the  Annual
Effective Yield of the Portfolio plus 1.10%. (Please note that this example does
not  take  into   consideration  an  individual   Shareholder's  tax  issues  or
consequences including without limitation any withholding taxes that may apply.)

The spread between the Annual Effective Yield of the Portfolio and the Reference
Index Yield that cause the Interest  Rate  Trigger to be activated  (currently a
spread of 1.35%) and de-activated (currently a spread of 1.10%) reflect the fact
that the Portfolio's  entire investment  advisory fee is currently being waived.
If the investment advisory fee waiver is discontinued as expected, these spreads
will increase.

The amount of,  and  method of  applying,  the  Redemption  Fee,  including  the
operation  of the  Interest  Rate  Trigger,  may be changed in the  future.  For
example, we expect to reduce the Redemption Fee to 2% and correspondingly adjust
the Interest  Rate Trigger so that the Interest Rate Trigger will be active more
frequently than under the current calculation.  Shares currently offered in this
prospectus  would  be  subject  to the new  combination  of  Redemption  Fee and
Interest Rate Trigger.

Shareholders can obtain information  regarding when the Interest Rate Trigger is
active, as well as the Annual Effective Yield of the Portfolio and the Reference
Index Yield by calling  1-800-888-2461.  The amount of, and method of  applying,
the redemption fee, including the operation of the Interest Rate Trigger, may be
changed in the future.

THE FOLLOWING  REPLACES THE  "QUALIFIED TSA  REDEMPTIONS"  SECTION OF THE FUND'S
PROSPECTUS:

QUALIFIED TSA REDEMPTIONS -- A redemption of Fund shares can be made at any time
without the assessment of a redemption fee if the redemption is a "Qualified TSA
Redemption."  In general,  amounts  distributed to a taxpayer from a TSA account
prior to the date on which the taxpayer reaches age 59 1/2 are includible in the
taxpayer's gross income and, unless the distribution meets the requirements of a
specific  exception under the tax code, are also subject to an early  withdrawal
penalty tax. A "Qualified TSA Redemption" is:

*  a  redemption  made by an owner of a TSA  account  that is not subject to the
   early withdrawal  penalty tax, provided  however,  that a rollover from a TSA
   account to an IRA account, or a direct  trustee-to-trustee  transfer of a TSA
   account is not a Qualified TSA Redemption unless the owner of the TSA account
   or IRA account  continues  the  investment of the  transferred  amount in the
   Fund;

*  a transfer to another investment option that is not a competing fund* in your
   TSA account if:

   >  your TSA account does not allow transfers to competing funds or

   >  your TSA account requires  transfers  between the Fund and a non-competing
      fund to remain in the  non-competing  fund for a period of at least  three
      months before being transferred to a competing fund.

*Competing funds are any fixed income investment options with a targeted average
 duration  of three  years or  less,  or any  investment  option  that  seeks to
 maintain a stable value per unit or share, including money market funds.

All other redemptions of shares will be subject to the 3% redemption fee, if the
Interest Rate Trigger is active. Specifically,  if your account allows transfers
to competing  funds or if they do not require  transfers  between the Fund and a
non-competing  fund to remain in the non-competing fund for a period of at least
three months before  transfer to a competing fund, all transfers will be subject
to a redemption fee.

Owners of TSA accounts  requesting a redemption  of Fund shares will be required
to provide a written statement as to whether the proceeds of the redemption will
be subject to the early  withdrawal  penalty  tax and to identify  the  specific
exception upon which he or she intends to rely. The information  relating to the
early  withdrawal  penalty  tax will form the basis  for  determining  whether a
redemption is a Qualified TSA Redemption.  The Fund or the Fund's  Administrator
may require  additional  evidence,  such as the  opinion of a  certified  public
accountant or tax attorney,  that any particular  redemption will not be subject
to early  withdrawal  penalty tax. With respect to a transfer,  the owner may be
required to provide evidence that the transfer is not to a competing fund.

THE FOLLOWING  REPLACES THE SECOND AND THIRD  SENTENCES IN THE  "QUALIFIED  PLAN
REDEMPTIONS" SECTION OF THE FUND'S PROSPECTUS:

There will be no redemption fee assessed for qualified plan  redemptions,  which
are:

*  Redemptions   resulting  from  the  plan  participant's  death,   disability,
   retirement or termination of employment;

*  Redemptions  to  fund  loans  to,  or "in  service"  withdrawals  by,  a plan
   participant; and

*  Transfers to other plan investment options that are not competing funds* if:

   >  your plan does not allow transfers to competing funds or

   >  your plan requires  transfers between the Fund and a non-competing fund to
      remain in the  non-competing  fund for a period of at least  three  months
      before transfer to a competing fund.

*Competing funds are any fixed income investment options with a targeted average
 duration  of three  years or  less,  or any  investment  option  that  seeks to
 maintain a stable value per unit or share, including money market funds.

All other redemptions of shares will be subject to the 3% redemption fee, if the
Interest Rate Trigger is active. Specifically,  if your plan allows transfers to
competing  funds  or if they do not  require  transfers  between  the Fund and a
non-competing  fund to remain in the non-competing fund for a period of at least
three months before  transfer to a competing fund, all transfers will be subject
to a redemption fee.

THE  FOLLOWING   REPLACES  THE  "EXCHANGE   PRIVILEGE"  SECTION  OF  THE  FUND'S
PROSPECTUS:

EXCHANGE PRIVILEGE -- Shareholders who own shares of the Fund may exchange those
shares for shares of the  Diversified  Income or High Yield  series of  Security
Income Fund or for shares of other mutual funds  distributed by the  Distributor
(the "Security  Funds").  Shareholders,  except those who have purchased through
the following custodial accounts of the Administrator,  403(b)(7) accounts, SEPP
accounts and SIMPLE  Plans,  may also  exchange  their shares for shares of Cash
Fund.  Exchanges may be made, only in those states where shares of the fund into
which an  exchange  is to be made are  qualified  for sale.  No  service  fee is
presently  imposed on such an  exchange.  Class A, Class B and Class C shares of
the Fund may be  exchanged  for Class A,  Class B and,  if  applicable,  Class C
shares, respectively, of another Security Fund. A Redemption Fee may be assessed
on an  exchange  from the Fund to another  Security  Fund if the  Interest  Rate
Trigger is active.  Any  applicable  contingent  deferred  sales  charge will be
calculated from the date of the initial purchase.

Exchanges of Class A shares from the Fund are made at net asset value  without a
front-end  sales  charge  if (1) the  shares  have  been  owned  for at least 90
consecutive days prior to the exchange, (2) the shares were acquired pursuant to
a prior  exchange  from a  Security  Fund which  assessed a sales  charge on the
original  purchase,  or  (3)  the  shares  were  acquired  as a  result  of  the
reinvestment of dividends or capital gains  distributions.  Exchanges of Class A
shares from the Fund,  other than those described  above,  are made at net asset
value plus the sales charge  described in the  prospectus of the other  Security
Fund being acquired, less the sales charge paid on the shares of the Fund at the
time of original purchase.

Shareholders  should contact the Fund before  requesting an exchange in order to
ascertain  whether  any  sales  charges  are  applicable  to  the  shares  to be
exchanged.  In effecting the exchanges of Fund shares,  the  Administrator  will
first cause to be exchanged those shares which would not be subject to any sales
charges.  The  terms  of an  employee-sponsored  retirement  plan  may  affect a
shareholder's  right to exchange  shares as described  above.  Contact your plan
sponsor or administrator  to determine if all of the exchange options  discussed
above are available under your plan.

For tax purposes,  an exchange is a sale of shares which may result in a taxable
gain or loss. Special rules may apply to determine the amount of gain or loss on
an  exchange  occurring  within  ninety  days after the  exchanged  shares  were
acquired.

Exchanges are made upon receipt of a properly completed  Exchange  Authorization
form.  This  privilege  may  be  changed  or  discontinued  at any  time  at the
discretion of the management of the Fund upon 60 days' notice to shareholders. A
current  prospectus  of the Security Fund into which an exchange is made will be
given to each shareholder exercising this privilege.

THE  FOLLOWING  HAS BEEN ADDED TO  FOOTNOTE  (B) OF THE  "FINANCIAL  HIGHLIGHTS"
SECTION OF THE FUND'S PROSPECTUS:

Total returns for the Fund assume that an investor did not pay a redemption  fee
at the end of the periods shown.

               PLEASE RETAIN THIS SUPPLEMENT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE
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SECURITY FUNDS
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PROSPECTUS


FEBRUARY 1, 2000,
AS SUPPLEMENTED JULY 26, 2000


* Security Capital Preservation Fund




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The  Securities and Exchange  Commission  has not approved or disapproved  these
securities or passed upon the adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to
the contrary is a criminal offense.
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                                                SECURITY DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
                                                A Member of The Security Benefit
                                                Group of Companies
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OVERVIEW OF THE SECURITY CAPITAL PRESERVATION FUND

GOAL........................................................................   2
CORE STRATEGY...............................................................   2
INVESTMENT POLICIES AND STRATEGIES..........................................   2
PRINCIPAL RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE FUND....................................   2
WHO SHOULD CONSIDER INVESTING IN THE FUND...................................   2
FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND...............................................   3

A DETAILED LOOK AT THE SECURITY CAPITAL PRESERVATION FUND

OBJECTIVE...................................................................   4
STRATEGY....................................................................   4
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENTS.......................................................   4
    Fixed Income Securities.................................................   4
    Wrapper Agreements......................................................   5
    Short-Term Investments..................................................   6
    Derivative Instruments..................................................   6
    Other Investments.......................................................   6
INVESTMENT PROCESS..........................................................   6
RISKS ......................................................................   7
    Primary Risks...........................................................   7
    Secondary Risk..........................................................   8
MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND......................................................   9
    Board of Directors......................................................   9
    Investment Adviser......................................................   9
    Other Services..........................................................   9
    Portfolio Managers......................................................   9
CALCULATING THE FUND'S SHARE PRICE..........................................  10
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE....................................................  10
BUYING SHARES...............................................................  10
    Class A Shares..........................................................  10
    Class A Distribution Plan...............................................  11
    Class B Shares..........................................................  11
    Class B Distribution Plan...............................................  11
    Class C Shares..........................................................  11
    Class C Distribution Plan...............................................  12
    Waiver of Deferred Sales Charge.........................................  12
    Confirmations and Statements............................................  12
SELLING SHARES..............................................................  12
    Interest Rate Trigger...................................................  13
    Qualified TSA Redemptions...............................................  14
    Qualified IRA Redemptions...............................................  14
    Qualified Plan Redemptions..............................................  15
    Payment of Redemption Proceeds..........................................  15
DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS.................................................  15
TAX CONSIDERATIONS..........................................................  15
SHAREHOLDER SERVICES........................................................  16
    Accumulation Plan.......................................................  16
    Systematic Withdrawal Program...........................................  16
    Exchange Privilege......................................................  16
    Retirement Plans........................................................  17
GENERAL INFORMATION.........................................................  17
    Shareholder Inquiries...................................................  17
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS........................................................  18
APPENDIX A - REDUCED SALES CHARGES..........................................  19
    Class A Shares..........................................................  19
    Rights of Accumulation..................................................  19
    Statement of Intention..................................................  19
    Reinstatement Privilege.................................................  19
<PAGE>
OVERVIEW OF THE SECURITY CAPITAL PRESERVATION FUND

GOAL

The Fund seeks a high level of current income while seeking to maintain a stable
value per share.

CORE STRATEGY

The Fund invests primarily in fixed income securities. The Fund also enters into
contracts with financial  institutions that are designed to stabilize the Fund's
share value.

INVESTMENT POLICIES AND STRATEGIES

The  Fund  invests  all of its  assets  in a  master  portfolio  with  the  same
investment goal as the Fund. The Fund,  through the master  portfolio,  seeks to
achieve its goal by investing in fixed income securities of varying  maturities,
money market  instruments and futures and options (including futures and options
traded  on  foreign  exchanges,  such as bonds and  equity  indices  of  foreign
countries).  The Fund attempts to maintain a stable share value by entering into
contracts,  called  Wrapper  Agreements,  with financial  institutions,  such as
insurance companies or banks.

PRINCIPAL RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE FUND

Although  the Fund  seeks to  preserve  a stable  share  value,  there are risks
associated with fixed income investing.  For example,  the value of fixed income
securities could fluctuate or fall if:

*  There is a sharp rise in interest rates.

*  An issuer's creditworthiness declines.

*  Changes in interest  rates or economic  downturns  have a negative  effect on
   issuers in the financial services industry.

The Fund attempts to offset these risks by purchasing  Wrapper  Agreements.  The
use of Wrapper Agreements has its own risks, including:

*  The  possibility  of default by a financial  institution  providing a Wrapper
   Agreement ("Wrapper Provider").

*  The inability of the Fund to obtain  Wrapper  Agreements  covering the Fund's
   assets.

The Fund is also  subject to the risk that the  Portfolio's  Investment  Adviser
incorrectly judges the potential risks and rewards of derivative investing.

WHO SHOULD CONSIDER INVESTING IN THE FUND

You should  consider  investing in the Fund if you are looking for an investment
that seeks to earn current  income  higher than money  market  mutual funds over
most time periods and to preserve the value of your investment. In addition, the
Fund is offered as an alternative  to short-term  bond funds and as a comparable
investment to stable value or guaranteed  investment contract options offered in
employee benefit plans.

The Fund offers shares only to retirement accounts such as tax-sheltered annuity
custodial  accounts  (TSAs),   individual  retirement  accounts  (IRAs)  and  to
employees  investing through  participant-directed  employee benefit plans. IRAs
include traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs, education IRAs, simplified employee pension
IRAs (SEP IRAs),  savings incentive match plans for employees (SIMPLE IRAs), and
Keogh plans.

You  should  not  consider  investing  in the Fund if you seek  capital  growth.
Although it provides a convenient means of diversifying  short-term investments,
the Fund by itself does not constitute a balanced investment program.

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An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed
by the Federal Deposit  Insurance  Corporation or any other  government  agency.
Although the Fund seeks to preserve a stable share value, it is possible to lose
money by investing in the Fund.
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FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

THIS TABLE  DESCRIBES THE FEES AND EXPENSES THAT YOU MAY PAY IF YOU BUY AND HOLD
SHARES OF THE FUND.

<TABLE>
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SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)
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<CAPTION>
                                                              CLASS A SHARES(1)         CLASS B SHARES(2)         CLASS C SHARES(3)
<S>                                                                 <C>             <C>                                 <C>
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Purchases
(as a percentage of offering price)                                 3.5%                      None                      None

Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Reinvested Dividends                None                      None                      None

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (as a percentage of original          None            5% during the first year,            1%
purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is lower)                          decreasing to 0% in the
                                                                                    sixth and following years

Maximum Redemption Fee(4)                                            3%                        3%                        3%
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<FN>
1  Purchases of Class A shares in amounts of $1,000,000 or more are not subject to an initial sales load;  however, a deferred sales
   charge of 1% is imposed in the event of redemption within one year of purchase.

2  Class B shares convert tax-free to Class A shares automatically after eight years.

3  A deferred sales charge of 1% is imposed in the event of redemption within one year of purchase.

4  The  redemption fee payable to the master  portfolio is designed  primarily to offset those expenses which may be incurred by the
   master portfolio in connection with certain shareholder redemptions.  Proceeds from the redemption fee will be used by the master
   portfolio to offset the actual portfolio and administrative costs associated with such redemptions, including custodian, transfer
   agent,  settlement,  and account  processing  costs,  as well as the adverse impact of such  redemptions on the premiums paid for
   Wrapper Agreements and the yield on Wrapper Agreements.  The redemption fee may also have the effect of discouraging  redemptions
   by  shareholders  attempting  to take  advantage of short-term  interest rate  movements.  The  redemption  fee does not apply to
   Qualified TSA, Qualified IRA or Qualified Plan Redemptions.  The amount of, and method of applying, the Redemption Fee, including
   the operation of the Interest Rate Trigger, may be changed in the future. For example, we may reduce the Redemption Fee to 2% and
   correspondingly  adjust the Interest Rate Trigger so that the Interest Rate Trigger will be active more frequently than under the
   current  calculation.  Shares currently  offered in this prospectus would be subject to the new combination of Redemption Fee and
   Interest Rate Trigger.
</FN>
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</TABLE>

<TABLE>
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ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that are deducted from Fund assets)
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<CAPTION>
                                                                                                       TOTAL ANNUAL FUND
            MANAGEMENT    DISTRIBUTION      OTHER          TOTAL ANNUAL FUND      TOTAL WAIVERS     OPERATING EXPENSES WITH
              FEES(1)     (12B-1) FEES    EXPENSES(2)    OPERATING EXPENSES(3)    AND REDUCTIONS    WAIVERS OR REDUCTIONS(4)
<S>            <C>           <C>            <C>                  <C>                  <C>                    <C>
Class A        0.70%         0.25%          1.23%                2.18%                0.43%                  1.75%
Class B        0.70%         0.75%          1.23%                2.68%                0.43%                  2.25%
Class C        0.70%         0.50%          1.23%                2.43%                0.43%                  2.00%
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<FN>
1  The Fund does not directly pay a management fee. However,  the underlying master portfolio in which the Fund invests, the
   PreservationPlus Income Portfolio (the "Portfolio"),  does pay a management fee to its investment adviser,  Bankers Trust
   Company.  Bankers Trust Company has contractually agreed to waive its advisory fee from the Portfolio until September 30,
   2000.

2  "Other Expenses" are based on estimates for the current fiscal year (including  amounts paid by the Portfolio for wrapper
   agreements) and do not take into account the effect of any expense waivers or reimbursements.

3  Information on the annual Fund operating expenses reflects the expenses of both the Fund and the Portfolio.

4  Security Management Company, LLC ("SMC"), the Fund's  Administrator,  has agreed that if the total annual expenses of the
   Fund, exclusive of interest,  taxes,  extraordinary  expenses,  brokerage fees and commissions,  and Rule 12b-1 fees, but
   inclusive  of its own fee,  exceeds  1.50%,  SMC will  contribute  to the Fund an amount  and/or  waive its fee as may be
   necessary to insure that the total annual expenses do not exceed such amount.

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As noted in footnote  number 1 above,  Bankers  Trust  Company has  contractually  agreed to waive its advisory fee from the
Portfolio until September 30, 2000. It also voluntarily  waived an additional .22% of Portfolio  expenses in the fiscal year
ended September 30, 1999. Taking into account both the contractual and voluntary fee waivers,  the estimated expenses of the
Fund for the current fiscal year are 1.26% for Class A, 1.76% for Class B and 1.51% for Class C.
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</FN>
</TABLE>

EXAMPLE

This  Example is intended to help you compare the cost of  investing in the Fund
with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example  assumes  that you invest  $10,000 in the Fund for the time  periods
indicated.  The Example also assumes that your  investment  has a 5% return each
year and that the  Fund's  operating  expenses  remain the same.  Although  your
actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would
be:

You would pay the  following  expenses if you redeemed your shares at the end of
each period.

                        --------------------------------
                                     1 YEAR      3 YEARS
                        --------------------------------
                        Class A       $522        $  882
                        Class B        728         1,003
                        Class C        303           627
                        --------------------------------

You would pay the  following  expenses if you redeemed your shares at the end of
each period and were assessed the 3% Redemption Fee.

                        --------------------------------
                                     1 YEAR      3 YEARS
                        --------------------------------
                        Class A      $  822       $1,182
                        Class B       1,028        1,303
                        Class C         603          927
                        --------------------------------

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares.

                        --------------------------------
                                     1 YEAR      3 YEARS
                        --------------------------------
                        Class A       $522          $882
                        Class B        228           703
                        Class C        203           627
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A DETAILED LOOK AT THE SECURITY CAPITAL PRESERVATION FUND

OBJECTIVE

The  Security  Capital  Preservation  Fund seeks a high level of current  income
while seeking to maintain a stable value per share.

While  priority  is given to  earning  income and  maintaining  the value of the
Fund's  principal,  all  fixed  income  securities,  including  U.S.  government
obligations,  can decrease in value when, for example,  interest rates change or
an issuer's  creditworthiness changes. THE FUND'S OBJECTIVE IS NOT A FUNDAMENTAL
POLICY AND MAY BE CHANGED BY THE FUND'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

STRATEGY

As noted previously, the Fund seeks its objective by investing its assets in the
PreservationPlus Income Portfolio. Accordingly, references to the Fund investing
in particular  types of  securities or asset classes are actually  references to
what is done by the underlying Portfolio.

The Fund seeks current  income that is higher than that of money market funds by
investing in fixed income securities with varying  maturities and maintaining an
average  portfolio  DURATION of 2.5 to 4.5 years.  In addition,  the Fund enters
into Wrapper  Agreements  designed to stabilize the Fund's share value.  Wrapper
Agreements are provided by financial  institutions,  such as insurance companies
and banks. In an attempt to enhance return, the Fund also employs a global asset
allocation  strategy,  which  evaluates  the  equity,  bond,  cash and  currency
opportunities across domestic and international markets.

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DURATION  measures the  sensitivity of bond prices to changes in interest rates.
The  longer  the  duration  of a bond,  the  longer  it will  take to repay  the
principal and interest  obligations  and the more  sensitive it is to changes in
interest rates.  Investors in  longer-duration  bonds face more risk as interest
rates  rise--but  also are  more  likely  to  receive  more  income  from  their
investment to compensate for the risk.
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PRINCIPAL INVESTMENTS

FIXED INCOME  SECURITIES -- The Fund invests at least 65% of its total assets in
fixed income  securities  rated,  at the time of  purchase,  within the top four
long-term  rating  categories  by a  nationally  recognized  statistical  rating
organization  (or, if unrated,  are  determined to be of similar  quality by the
Portfolio's  Investment Adviser).  However, the Fund may invest up to 10% of its
assets in high yield debt  securities  (also known as junk  bonds)  rated in the
fifth  and  sixth  long-term  rating  categories  by  a  nationally   recognized
statistical rating organization (or, if unrated, are determined to be of similar
quality by the Portfolio's Investment Adviser).

Fixed income securities in which the Fund may invest include the following:

*  U.S.  government  securities  that  are  issued  or  guaranteed  by the  U.S.
   Treasury, or by agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S. Government.

*  U.S.   dollar-denominated   securities   issued  by   domestic   or   foreign
   corporations, foreign governments or supranational entities.

*  U.S. dollar-denominated asset-backed securities issued by domestic or foreign
   entities.

*  Mortgage pass-through  securities issued by governmental and non-governmental
   issuers.

*  Collateralized  mortgage  obligations  and real  estate  mortgage  investment
   conduits.

*  Obligations  issued  or  guaranteed,   or  backed  by  securities  issued  or
   guaranteed,   by  the   U.S.   government,   or  any  of  its   agencies   or
   instrumentalities,  including CATS,  TIGRs,  TRs and zero coupon  securities,
   which are  securities  consisting  of either the  principal  component or the
   interest component of a U.S. Treasury bond.

The following  policies are employed to attempt to reduce the risks  involved in
investing in fixed income securities:

*  Assets are allocated among a diversified group of issuers.

*  Investments are primarily made in fixed income  securities that are rated, at
   the time of  purchase,  within  the top four  rating  categories  as rated by
   Moody's Investors Service, Inc., Standard & Poor's Ratings Services or Duff &
   Phelps Credit Rating Co., another  nationally  recognized  statistical rating
   organization,  or,  if  unrated,  determined  by the  Portfolio's  investment
   adviser to be of comparable quality.

*  Average  portfolio  duration of 2.5 to 4.5 years is targeted by  investing in
   fixed  income   securities  with  short-  to  intermediate  term  MATURITIES.
   Generally,  rates of short-term  investments  fluctuate less than longer-term
   investments.

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MATURITY  measures  the time  remaining  until  an  issuer  must  repay a bond's
principal in full.
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WRAPPER  AGREEMENTS -- The Fund enters into Wrapper  Agreements  with  insurance
companies,  banks and other financial  institutions.  Unlike  traditional  fixed
income  portfolios,  the Fund's  purchases of Wrapper  Agreements  should offset
substantially  the price  fluctuations  typically  associated  with fixed income
securities. In using Wrapper Agreements,  the Fund seeks to eliminate the effect
of any gains or losses on the value per share  when the Fund  sells  securities.
Normally,  these  agreements  require the Wrapper  Provider to maintain the BOOK
VALUE of a portion  of the Fund's  assets  (Covered  Assets)  if certain  events
occur. More than one Wrapper Provider provides coverage with respect to the same
securities  and,  when  applicable,  pays  based on the pro rata  portion of the
Fund's assets that it covers.

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BOOK VALUE of the Covered Assets is their purchase  price,  plus interest on the
Covered  Assets  at the  Crediting  Rate,  less an  adjustment  to  reflect  any
defaulted securities.
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In general, if the Fund sells securities to meet shareholder redemptions and the
market value (plus accrued interest) of those securities is less than their book
value,  the Wrapper  Provider must pay the  difference to the Fund. On the other
hand, if the Fund sells securities and the market value (plus accrued  interest)
is more than the book  value,  the Fund must pay the  difference  to the Wrapper
Provider. The timing of payments between the Fund and the Wrapper Provider vary.

The Crediting Rate:

*  Is the actual  interest  earned on the  Covered  Assets  based on the formula
   stated in the Wrapper  Agreements and is generally adjusted monthly for price
   movements in the Covered Assets and amounts payable to or receivable from the
   Wrapper Provider; and

*  Is a significant component of the Fund's yield.

The following  policies are employed to attempt to reduce the risks  involved in
using Wrapper Agreements:

*  Wrapper  Agreements  are purchased from multiple  issuers,  each of which has
   received a HIGH QUALITY RATING from Moody's or Standard & Poor's.

*  The financial  well being of the issuers of the  securities in which the Fund
   invests and the Wrapper Providers  providing  Wrapper  Agreements to the Fund
   are monitored on a continuous basis.

Generally, unless the Wrapper Agreement requires the sale of a security that has
been downgraded below a specified rating, the Fund is not required to dispose of
any security or Wrapper Agreement whose issuer's rating has been downgraded.

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A HIGH QUALITY RATING means a security is rated in the top two long-term ratings
categories by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.
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SHORT-TERM  INVESTMENTS -- The Fund will also invest in short-term  investments,
including money market mutual funds, to meet  shareholder  withdrawals and other
liquidity  needs.  These  short-term  investments,  such as commercial paper and
certificates of deposit,  will be rated, at the time of purchase,  in one of the
top two  short-term  rating  categories by a nationally  recognized  statistical
rating  organization,  or if unrated, are determined to be of similar quality by
the Portfolio's Investment Adviser.

DERIVATIVE  INSTRUMENTS -- The Fund may invest in various  instruments  commonly
known as "derivatives" to increase its exposure to certain groups of securities.
The  derivatives  that the Fund may use include  FUTURES  CONTRACTS,  OPTIONS ON
FUTURES  CONTRACTS AND FORWARD  CONTRACTS.  The Fund may use derivatives to keep
cash on hand to meet shareholder redemptions,  as a hedging strategy to maintain
a specific portfolio duration, or to protect against market risk. When employing
the  global  asset  allocation  strategy,  the  Fund  may  use  derivatives  for
leveraging, which is a way to attempt to enhance returns. We will only use these
securities if we believe that their return  potential more than  compensates for
the extra risks associated with using them.

OTHER  INVESTMENTS  -- The Fund may also  invest in and  utilize  the  following
investments  and  investment  techniques and  practices:  Rule 144A  securities,
when-issued and delayed  delivery  securities,  repurchase  agreements,  reverse
repurchase agreements and dollar rolls.

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FUTURES  CONTRACTS  AND  OPTIONS  ON FUTURES  CONTRACTS  are  commonly  used for
traditional hedging purposes to attempt to protect an investor from the risks of
changing  interest rates,  securities  prices or currency exchange rates and for
cash  management  purposes  as a  low  cost  method  of  gaining  exposure  to a
particular securities market without investing directly in those securities.
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INVESTMENT PROCESS

The Fund's  investment  strategy  emphasizes  a  diversified  exposure to higher
yielding  mortgage,  corporate and asset-backed  sectors of the investment grade
fixed income markets.  These "spread" sectors have  historically  offered higher
returns than U.S.  government  securities.  The investment  process focuses on a
top-down approach, first focused on the sector allocations,  then using relative
value  analysis  to select the best  securities  within each  sector.  To select
securities,  the Portfolio's  investment adviser analyzes such factors as credit
quality,  interest rate sensitivity and spread relationships  between individual
bonds.

The  Fund  also  purchases  Wrapper  Agreements,  which  seek  to  offset  price
fluctuations of the fixed income  securities and, as a result,  provide a stable
value per share for the Fund.  A primary  emphasis  is placed on  assessing  the
credit quality of financial institutions that may provide a Wrapper Agreement to
the  Fund.  The  Portfolio's  Investment  Adviser  performs  proprietary  credit
analysis on a large universe of issuers and actively manages the negotiation and
maintenance of Wrapper Agreements.

The global asset allocation  strategy  attempts to enhance long-term returns and
manage  risk by  responding  effectively  to  changes  in global  markets  using
instruments  including  but  not  limited  to,  futures,  options  and  currency
forwards.  This strategy  employs a multi-factor  global asset  allocation model
that evaluates equity, bond, cash and currency opportunities across domestic and
international markets.

In  implementing  the global  asset  allocation  strategy,  the Fund  invests in
options and futures based on any type of security or index including options and
futures traded on foreign exchanges, such as bonds and equity indices of foreign
countries.  Some  options and futures  strategies,  including  selling  futures,
buying  puts and  writing  calls,  hedge the Fund's  investments  against  price
fluctuations.  Other  strategies,  including  buying  futures,  writing puts and
buying  calls,  tend to increase  and will broaden the Fund's  market  exposure.
Options and futures may be combined with each other, or with forward  contracts,
in order to adjust the risk and return characteristics of an overall strategy.

The Fund may also enter into forward currency exchange contracts  (agreements to
exchange one currency  for another at a future  date),  may buy and sell options
and futures contracts relating to foreign currencies and may purchase securities
indexed to foreign currencies.  Currency  management  strategies allow shifts of
investment  exposure  from one  currency  to another  to attempt to profit  from
anticipated  declines  in the value of a foreign  currency  relative to the U.S.
dollar.

Successful implementation of the global asset allocation strategy depends on the
Portfolio's  Investment Adviser's judgment as to the potential risks and rewards
of implementing the different types of strategies.

TEMPORARY DEFENSIVE  POSITION.  From time to time a temporary defensive position
may be adopted in  response  to  extraordinary  adverse  political,  economic or
market  events.  Up to 100% of the Fund's  assets could be placed in  short-term
obligations  within  one of the top two  investment  ratings.  These  short-term
obligations  may not be covered  by a Wrapper  Agreement.  To the extent  such a
position is  adopted,  the Fund may not meet its goal of a high level of current
income or a stable net asset value.

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PORTFOLIO  TURNOVER  rate measures the  frequency  that the Portfolio  sells and
replaces the securities it holds within a given period. Historically,  this Fund
has had a high portfolio  turnover  rate.  High turnover can increase the Fund's
transaction costs, thereby lowering its returns.
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RISKS

Set forth below are some of the  prominent  risks  associated  with fixed income
investing, the use of Wrapper Agreements, and the risks of investing in general.
Although  an  attempt  is made to assess the  likelihood  that  these  risks may
actually  occur  and to  limit  them,  there  can be no  guarantee  that it will
succeed.

PRIMARY RISKS --

INTEREST RATE RISK. All debt  securities  face the risk that the securities will
decline in value because of changes in interest  rates.  Generally,  investments
subject to interest rate risk will  decrease in value when  interest  rates rise
and increase when interest rates fall. If interest rates are falling, the Fund's
income may decline  because of the investment or reinvestment of assets in fixed
income securities.

CREDIT RISK. An investor  purchasing a fixed income security faces the risk that
the value of the security may decline because the creditworthiness of the issuer
may  decline or the  issuer  may fail to make  timely  payment  of  interest  or
principal.

WRAPPER AGREEMENT RISK.  Although the Wrapper  Agreements  attempt to maintain a
stable value per share, there are risks associated with the Wrapper  Agreements,
including:

*  A Wrapper Provider could default, which could cause the Fund's share value to
   fluctuate or fall and could result in losses for Plan  participants  who sell
   their shares.

*  The Wrapper  Agreements may require the Fund to maintain a certain percentage
   of its assets in short-term investments.  This could result in a lower return
   than if the Fund invested  those assets in longer-term  securities.  The Fund
   may elect not to cover a fixed income  security with a remaining  maturity of
   60 days or less, cash or short-term investments with Wrapper Agreements.

*  The Wrapper Agreements  generally do not protect the Fund from loss caused by
   a fixed income security issuer's default on principal or interest payments.

*  The Fund may not be able to  obtain  Wrapper  Agreements  to cover all of its
   assets.

*  If a Wrapper  Provider is unable to make  timely  payments,  the  Portfolio's
   Board may determine the fair value of that Wrapper  Agreement to be less than
   the difference between the book value and the market value, which could cause
   the Fund's net asset value to fluctuate.

*  Compared to investing in a traditional fixed income fund, the Fund trades the
   potential  for  capital  appreciation  and some yield for  protection  from a
   decline in the value of its holdings caused by changes in interest rates.

MARKET RISK.  Although  individual  securities may outperform their market,  the
entire  market may  decline  as a result of rising  interest  rates,  regulatory
developments or deteriorating economic conditions.

SECURITY  SELECTION RISK. While the Fund invests in short- to  intermediate-term
securities,  which by nature are relatively stable investments, the risk remains
that the securities selected will not perform as expected.  This could cause the
Fund's returns to lag behind those of money market funds.

LIQUIDITY  RISK.  Liquidity  risk is the risk  that a  security  cannot  be sold
quickly at a price that reflects the estimate of its value.  Because there is no
active  trading  market for Wrapper  Agreements,  the Fund's  investments in the
Wrapper Agreements are considered illiquid.  In an effort to minimize this risk,
the Fund  limits its  investments  in  illiquid  securities,  including  Wrapper
Agreements, to 15% of net assets.

PRICING RISK.  The securities in the Portfolio are valued at their stated market
value if price  quotations  are  available  and, if not, by the method that most
accurately reflects their current worth in the judgment of the Portfolio's Board
of Trustees.

If Wrapper  Agreements are not in place,  this procedure  implies an unavoidable
risk, the risk that the prices used are higher or lower than the prices that the
securities  might  actually  command if they were sold.  If the  securities  are
valued too highly,  you may end up paying too much for Fund shares when you buy.
If the price of the  securities  are  undervalued,  you may not receive the full
market value for your Fund shares when you sell.

According to the procedures  adopted by the Portfolio's  Board of Trustees,  the
fair value of the Wrapper Agreements generally will equal the difference between
the book  value and the  market  value  (plus  accrued  interest)  of the Fund's
assets. In determining fair value, the Board will consider the  creditworthiness
and  ability  of a  Wrapper  Provider  to pay  amounts  due  under  the  Wrapper
Agreements.  If the Board of Trustees determines that a Wrapper Agreement should
not be valued this way, the net asset value of the Fund could fluctuate.

DERIVATIVE RISK.  Derivatives are more volatile and less liquid than traditional
fixed income securities. Risks associated with derivatives include:

*  the derivative may not fully offset the underlying positions;

*  the derivatives  used for risk  management may not have the intended  effects
   and may result in losses or missed opportunities; and

*  the  possibility  the Fund cannot sell the derivative  because of an illiquid
   secondary market.

The use of derivatives for leveraging purposes tends to magnify the effect of an
instrument's price changes as market conditions change.

If the Fund invests in futures  contracts  and options on futures  contracts for
non-hedging purposes, the margin and premiums required to make those investments
will not exceed 5% of the Fund's  net asset  value  after  taking  into  account
unrealized profits and losses on the contracts. Futures contracts and options on
futures contracts used for non-hedging purposes involve greater risks than other
investments.

FOREIGN  INVESTING  RISK. The Fund faces the risks detailed below in the portion
of its investments it devotes to foreign securities.

*  POLITICAL RISK.  Profound  social changes and business  practices that depart
   from  developed-market  norms have hindered the growth of capital  markets in
   developing  nations in the past. High levels of debt have tended to make them
   overly  reliant on  foreign  capital  investment  and  vulnerable  to capital
   flight. Governments have limited foreign investors' access to capital markets
   and  restricted  the flow of profits  overseas.  They have  resorted  to high
   taxes, expropriation and nationalization.  All these threats remain a part of
   emerging-market investing in particular today.

*  INFORMATION RISK. Foreign accounting,  auditing,  and financial reporting and
   disclosure  standards  tend to be less  stringent  than  those in the  United
   States.  And the  risks of  investors  acting  on  incomplete  or  inaccurate
   information  are  correspondingly  greater.  Compounding  the problem,  local
   investment   research  often  lacks  the  sophistication  to  spot  potential
   pitfalls.

CURRENCY  RISK.  The Fund invests in foreign  securities  denominated in foreign
currencies.  This creates the possibility that changes in foreign exchange rates
will affect the value of foreign securities and, thus, the U.S. dollar amount of
income or gain received on these securities.  The Portfolio's Investment Adviser
seeks to minimize  this risk by actively  managing the currency  exposure of the
Fund. There is no guarantee that these currency management  activities will work
and they could cause losses to the Fund.

SECONDARY RISK --

LOWER  RATED  SECURITIES.  The Fund may invest in debt  securities  rated in the
fifth and sixth long-term  ratings  categories.  The market for lower-rated debt
securities  may be  thinner  and less  active  than that for  higher  rated debt
securities,  which can  adversely  affect  the  prices at which the  lower-rated
securities are sold. If market  quotations are not available,  lower-rated  debt
securities  will be valued in  accordance  with  procedures  established  by the
Portfolio's  Board of  Trustees.  Judgment  plays a greater role in valuing high
yield  corporate debt  securities than is the case for securities for which more
external sources for quotations and last sale information is available.  Adverse
publicity  and  changing  investor  perception  may affect the  availability  of
outside  pricing  services to value  lower-rated  debt securities and the Fund's
ability to dispose of these securities.  Since the risk of default is higher for
lower-rated  securities,  the Investment  Adviser's research and credit analysis
are an especially important part of managing securities of this type.

In considering  investments  for the Fund, the  Portfolio's  Investment  Adviser
attempts  to identify  those  issuers of high  yielding  debt  securities  whose
financial  conditions are adequate to meet future obligations,  have improved or
are expected to improve in the future. The Investment Adviser's analysis focuses
on relative values based on such factors as interest on dividend coverage, asset
coverage,  earnings prospects and the experience and managerial  strength of the
issuer.

MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND

BOARD OF  DIRECTORS  -- The Fund's  shareholders,  voting in  proportion  to the
number  of shares  each  owns,  elect a Board of  Directors,  and the  Directors
supervise all of the Fund's activities on their behalf.

INVESTMENT  ADVISER -- Under the  supervision  of the Board of  Trustees  of the
Portfolio,  Bankers  Trust  Company  (Bankers  Trust) with  headquarters  at 130
Liberty Street,  New York, New York 10006,  acts as the  Portfolio's  Investment
Adviser. As Investment Adviser,  Bankers Trust makes the Portfolio's  investment
decisions and assumes  responsibility  for the securities the Portfolio owns. It
buys and sells securities for the Portfolio and conducts the research that leads
to the purchase and sale decisions. Bankers Trust received a fee of 0.70% of the
Portfolio's average daily net assets for its services in the last fiscal year.

As of September  30, 1999,  Bankers  Trust had total assets under  management of
approximately $285 billion. Bankers Trust is dedicated to servicing the needs of
corporations,  governments,  financial institutions, and private clients and has
invested  retirement  assets on behalf of the nation's largest  corporations and
institutions  for more than 50  years.  The scope of the  firm's  capability  is
broad:  it is a leader in both the active and  passive  quantitative  investment
disciplines and maintains a major presence in stock and bond markets  worldwide.
As of December 31, 1999,  BT managed  approximately  $15 billion in stable value
assets.


At a Special  Meeting of Shareholders  held on October 8, 1999,  shareholders of
the Portfolio approved a new investment advisory agreement with Morgan Grenfell,
Inc. As of October 6, 1999,  Morgan  Grenfell,  Inc. has been  renamed  Deutsche
Asset Management, Inc. The new investment advisory agreement with Deutsche Asset
Management,  Inc. may be implemented within two years of the date of the Special
Meeting  upon  approval of a majority of the members of the Board of Trustees of
the  Portfolio  who are  not  "interested  persons",  generally  referred  to as
Independent  Trustees.  Shareholders  of  the  Portfolio  also  approved  a  new
sub-investment  advisory  agreement among the Trust,  Deutsche Asset Management,
Inc. and Bankers Trust under which Bankers Trust may perform certain of Deutsche
Asset Management, Inc.'s responsibilities,  at Deutsche Asset Management, Inc.'s
expense, upon approval of the Independent Trustees, within two years of the date
of the Special  Meeting.  Under the new  investment  advisory  agreement and new
sub-advisory agreement, the compensation paid and the services provided would be
the same as those under the existing advisory agreement with Bankers Trust.

OTHER SERVICES -- The Fund's  administrator,  Security Management  Company,  LLC
("SMC" or the "Administrator") provides administrative services, fund accounting
and transfer agency services to the Fund. Bankers Trust provides  administrative
services--such as portfolio  accounting,  legal services and other services--for
the Portfolio.


Pursuant to a separate Management Services Agreement,  SMC also performs certain
other services on behalf of the Fund. Under this Agreement,  SMC provides, among
other things,  feeder fund  management and  administrative  services to the Fund
which include:

*  monitoring the performance of the Portfolio;

*  coordinating the Fund's relationship with the Portfolio;

*  communicating  with the Fund's Board of Directors and shareholders  regarding
   the  Portfolio's  performance  and the  Fund's  two  tier  structure,  and in
   general;

*  assisting  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Fund  in  all  aspects  of the
   administration and operation of the Fund.

For these  services,  the Fund pays SMC a fee at the annual  rate of .20% of its
average daily net assets, calculated daily and payable monthly.

For providing certain shareholder  services to the shareholders of the Fund, SMC
receives  from Bankers  Trust a fee which is equal on an annual basis to .20% of
the aggregate net assets of the Fund invested in the  Portfolio.  The fee is not
an expense of the Fund or the Portfolio.

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS --

ERIC KIRSCH,  Portfolio Manager of Bankers Trust Company,  has managed the Fixed
Income  Securities of the Portfolio  since its inception in May 1999. Mr. Kirsch
joined Bankers Trust in 1980. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst with ten years
of investment experience.

LOUIS R. D'ARIENZO,  Portfolio Manager of Bankers Trust Company, has managed the
Fixed Income  Securities of the Portfolio  since its inception in May 1999.  Mr.
D'Arienzo joined Bankers Trust in 1981 and has 17 years investment experience.

JOHN D. AXTELL,  JR., Portfolio Manager of Bankers Trust Company, is responsible
for the portfolio  management  and trading  activities  relating to Stable Value
Investments for client portfolios. Mr. Axtell joined Bankers Trust in 1990.

CALCULATING THE FUND'S SHARE PRICE

The Fund's share price is calculated  daily (also known as the "net asset value"
or "NAV") in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares
at the close of regular  trading on the New York  Stock  Exchange  every day the
Exchange is open for  business.  The formula calls for deducting all of a Fund's
liabilities  from  the  total  value  of its  assets--the  market  value  of the
securities  it holds,  plus its cash  reserves--and  dividing  the result by the
number of shares outstanding.

According to the  procedures  adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Portfolio,
the fair value of the Wrapper  Agreements  generally  will equal the  difference
between  the book value and the market  value  (plus  accrued  interest)  of the
Portfolio's  assets.  In  determining  fair value,  the Board will  consider the
creditworthiness  and ability of a Wrapper Provider to pay amounts due under the
Wrapper Agreements.

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The  Exchange  is open  every  week,  Monday  through  Friday,  except  when the
following  holidays are celebrated:  New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
(the third Monday in January),  Presidents'  Day (the third Monday in February),
Good Friday,  Memorial Day (the last Monday in May), Independence Day, Labor Day
(the first  Monday in  September),  Thanksgiving  Day (the  fourth  Thursday  in
November)and Christmas Day.
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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

Although  the Fund has not  currently  retained  the  services of an  investment
adviser or  sub-advisor,  it may do so in the future.  Accordingly,  SMC and the
Fund have  received  from the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission an exemptive
order  for a  multi-manager  structure  that  allows  SMC to  hire,  replace  or
terminate  sub-advisors  without the  approval of  shareholders.  The order also
allows  SMC to  revise  a  sub-advisory  agreement  with  the  approval  of Fund
Directors,  but without  shareholder  approval.  If a new  sub-advisor is hired,
shareholders will receive  information about the new sub-advisor  within 90 days
of the change.  The order allows the Fund to operate more  efficiently  and with
greater  flexibility.  Should the Fund use the service of a  sub-advisor  in the
future,  SMC would anticipate  providing the following  oversight and evaluation
services to the Fund:

*  performing initial due diligence on prospective sub-advisors for the Fund

*  monitoring the performance of the sub-advisor(s)

*  communicating performance expectations to the sub-advisor(s)

*  ultimately  recommending  to the Board of Directors  whether a  sub-advisor's
   contract should be renewed, modified or terminated.

SMC does not expect it would recommend frequent changes of sub-advisors.

The  Fund is a  "feeder  fund"  that  invests  all of its  assets  in a  "master
portfolio,"  the  PreservationPlus  Income  Portfolio.  The Fund and the  master
portfolio have the same investment objective. The master portfolio is advised by
Bankers Trust.

The master portfolio may accept investments from other feeder funds. The feeders
bear the master portfolio's  expenses in proportion to their assets. Each feeder
can  set  its  own  transaction  minimums,  fund-specific  expenses,  and  other
conditions.  This arrangement allows the Fund's Directors to withdraw the Fund's
assets  from  the  master   portfolio  if  they  believe  doing  so  is  in  the
shareholders' best interests.  If the Directors withdraw the Fund's assets, they
would then  consider  whether the Fund should hire its own  investment  adviser,
invest in a different master portfolio or take other action.

BUYING SHARES

Shares  of the Fund are  available  through  broker/dealers,  banks,  and  other
financial  intermediaries  that have an agreement  with the Fund's  Distributor,
Security Distributors, Inc.

There are three different ways to buy shares of the Fund--Class A shares,  Class
B shares or Class C shares.  The  different  classes of a Fund differ  primarily
with respect to the sales charges and Rule 12b-1 distribution fees to which they
are subject. The minimum initial investment is $100. Subsequent investments must
be $100 (or $20 under an  Accumulation  Plan).  The Fund  reserves  the right to
reject any order to purchase shares.

CLASS A SHARES -- Class A shares are  subject  to a sales  charge at the time of
purchase.  An order for Class A shares  will be priced at the  Fund's  net asset
value per share (NAV), plus the sales charge,  set forth in the following table.
The NAV,  plus the sales  charge is the  "offering  price."  The  Fund's  NAV is
generally  calculated as of the close of trading on every day the New York Stock
Exchange  is  open.  An  order  for  Class A shares  is  priced  at the NAV next
calculated after the order is accepted by the Fund, plus the sales charge.

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                                                       SALES CHARGE
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          APPLICABLE    PERCENTAGE
AMOUNT OF                                 PERCENTAGE      OF NET      PERCENTAGE
PURCHASE AT                               OF OFFERING     AMOUNT     REALLOWABLE
OFFERING PRICE                               PRICE       INVESTED     TO DEALERS
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Less than $100,000 .......................   3.5%         3.63%         3.0%
$100,000 but less than $500,000 ..........   2.5%         2.56%         2.0%
$500,000 but less than $1,000,000 ........   1.5%         1.52%         1.0%
$1,000,000 and over ......................   None         None       (See below)
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Please see  Appendix A for options  that are  available  for  reducing the sales
charge applicable to purchases of Class A shares.

CLASS A DISTRIBUTION  PLAN -- The Fund has adopted a Class A  Distribution  Plan
that allows the Fund to pay  distribution  fees to the Fund's  Distributor.  The
Distributor uses the fees to finance  activities  related to the sale of Class A
shares and services to  shareholders.  The distribution fee is equal to 0.25% of
the  average  daily  net  assets  of the  Fund's  Class A  shares.  Because  the
distribution  fees are paid out of the Fund's assets on an ongoing  basis,  over
time these fees will  increase the cost of a  shareholder's  investment  and may
cost an investor more than paying other types of sales charges.

CLASS B SHARES -- Class B shares are not  subject to a sales  charge at the time
of  purchase.  An order for Class B shares will be priced at the Fund's NAV next
calculated  after the order is accepted by the Fund. The Fund's NAV is generally
calculated  as of the close of trading on every day the New York Stock  Exchange
is open.

Class B shares are subject to a deferred sales charge if redeemed within 5 years
from the date of purchase.  The deferred sales charge is a percentage of the NAV
of the shares at the time they are  redeemed  or the  original  purchase  price,
whichever is less.  Shares that are not subject to the deferred sales charge are
redeemed first. Then, shares held the longest will be the first to be redeemed.

The amount of the deferred  sales charge is based upon the number of years since
the shares were purchased, as follows:

                     -------------------------------------
                     NUMBER OF YEARS            DEFERRED
                     SINCE PURCHASE           SALES CHARGE
                     -------------------------------------
                     1 .......................     5%
                     2 .......................     4%
                     3 .......................     3%
                     4 .......................     3%
                     5 .......................     2%
                     6 and more ..............     0%
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The   Distributor   will  waive  the  deferred   sales   charge  under   certain
circumstances. See "Waiver of the Deferred Sales Charge," page 12.

CLASS B DISTRIBUTION  PLAN -- The Fund has adopted a Class B  Distribution  Plan
that  allows  the  Fund  to  pay  distribution  fees  to  the  Distributor.  The
Distributor uses the fees to finance  activities  related to the sale of Class B
shares and services to  shareholders.  The  distribution fee is equal to .75% of
the  average  daily  net  assets  of the  Fund's  Class B  shares.  Because  the
distribution  fees are paid out of the Fund's assets on an ongoing  basis,  over
time these fees will  increase the cost of a  shareholder's  investment  and may
cost an investor more than paying other types of sales charges.

Class B shares automatically convert to Class A shares on the eighth anniversary
of purchase.  This is advantageous to such  shareholders  because Class A shares
are subject to a lower  distribution  fee than Class B shares. A pro rata amount
of Class B shares  purchased  through the  reinvestment  of  dividends  or other
distributions  is also  converted  to  Class A  shares  each  time  that  shares
purchased directly are converted.

CLASS C SHARES -- Class C shares are not  subject to a sales  charge at the time
of  purchase.  An order for Class C shares will be priced at the Fund's NAV next
calculated  after the order is accepted by the Fund. The Fund's NAV is generally
calculated  as of the close of trading on every day the New York Stock  Exchange
is open.

Class C shares  are  subject  to a deferred  sales  charge of 1.00% if  redeemed
within  one year  from the date of  purchase.  The  deferred  sales  charge is a
percentage  of the NAV of the  shares  at the  time  they  are  redeemed  or the
original  purchase price,  whichever is less. Shares that are not subject to the
deferred sales charge are redeemed first.  Then, shares held the longest will be
the first to be redeemed.  The Distributor  will waive the deferred sales charge
under certain circumstances. See "Waiver of the Deferred Sales Charge," page 12.

CLASS C DISTRIBUTION  PLAN -- The Fund has adopted a Class C  Distribution  Plan
that  allows  the  Fund  to  pay  distribution  fees  to  the  Distributor.  The
Distributor uses the fees to finance  activities  related to the sale of Class C
shares and services to  shareholders.  The  distribution fee is equal to .50% of
the  average  daily  net  assets  of the  Fund's  Class C  shares.  Because  the
distribution  fees are paid out of the Fund's assets on an ongoing  basis,  over
time these fees will  increase the cost of a  shareholder's  investment  and may
cost an investor more than paying other types of sales charges.

WAIVER OF DEFERRED SALES CHARGE -- The Distributor will waive the deferred sales
charge under the following circumstances:

*  Upon the death of the  shareholder if shares are redeemed  within one year of
   the shareholder's death

*  Upon the disability of the shareholder prior to age 65 if shares are redeemed
   within one year of the shareholder  becoming disabled and the shareholder was
   not disabled when the shares were purchased

*  In connection  with required  minimum  distributions  from a retirement  plan
   qualified under Section 401(a), 401(k), 403(b) or 408 of the Internal Revenue
   Code

*  In connection  with  distributions  from  retirement  plans  qualified  under
   Section 401(a) or 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code for:

   >  returns of excess contributions to the plan

   >  retirement of a participant in the plan

   >  a loan  from the plan  (loan  repayments  are  treated  as new  sales  for
      purposes of the deferred sales charge)

*  Upon the financial  hardship (as defined in regulations  under the Code) of a
   participant in a plan

*  Upon termination of employment of a participant in a plan

*  Upon any other permissible withdrawal under the terms of the plan

CONFIRMATIONS AND STATEMENTS -- The Fund will send you a confirmation  statement
after every  transaction  that  affects your  account  balance or  registration.
However,  certain  automatic  transactions may be confirmed on a quarterly basis
including systematic withdrawals,  automatic purchases and reinvested dividends.
Each shareholder will receive a quarterly  statement  setting forth a summary of
the transactions that occurred during the preceding quarter.

SELLING SHARES

Selling  your shares of a Fund is called a  "redemption,"  because the Fund buys
back its  shares.  A  shareholder  may sell  shares at any time.  Shares will be
redeemed  at the NAV next  determined  after the order is accepted by the Fund's
transfer  agent,  less  any  applicable  (i)  deferred  sales  charge  and  (ii)
redemption fee. A Fund's NAV is generally  calculated as of the close of trading
on every  day the New  York  Stock  Exchange  is open.  Any  share  certificates
representing  Fund shares being sold must be returned with a request to sell the
shares.  The value of your shares at the time of redemption  may be more or less
than their  original  cost. The Fund reserves the right to honor any request for
redemption by making  payment in whole or in part in securities  selected in the
sole  discretion of the Fund. The  redemption-in-kind  will not include  wrapper
agreements.

When redeeming  recently purchased shares, if the Fund has not collected payment
for the  shares,  it may  delay  sending  the  proceeds  until it has  collected
payment, which may take up to 15 days.

When the Interest Rate Trigger is active, redemptions that are not Qualified TSA
Redemptions,  Qualified  IRA  Redemptions  or  Qualified  Plan  Redemptions,  as
described in the following sections,  will be subject to a 3% redemption fee. It
is therefore  important to consult with your  professional tax advisor regarding
the terms, conditions and tax consequences of such withdrawals.

To sell your shares, send a letter of instruction that includes:

*  The name and signature of the account owner(s)

*  The name of the Fund

*  The reason you are selling your shares

*  The dollar amount or number of shares to sell

*  Where to send the proceeds

*  A signature guarantee if

   >  The check will be mailed to a payee or address  different than that of the
      account owner, or

   >  The sale of shares is more than $10,000.

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A SIGNATURE  GUARANTEE  helps protect  against  fraud.  Banks,  brokers,  credit
unions, national securities exchanges and savings associations provide signature
guarantees.  A notary public is not an eligible signature  guarantor.  For joint
accounts, both signatures must be guaranteed.
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Mail your request to:

    Security Management Company, LLC
    P.O. Box 750525
    Topeka, KS 66675-9135

Signature  requirements  vary based on the type of  account  you
have:

*  INDIVIDUAL  OR JOINT  TENANTS:  Written  instructions  must be  signed  by an
   individual  shareholder,  or in  the  case  of  joint  accounts,  all  of the
   shareholders, exactly as the name(s) appears on the account.

*  UGMA OR UTMA:  Written  instructions  must be signed by the  custodian  as it
   appears on the account.

*  SOLE PROPRIETOR OR GENERAL PARTNER: Written instructions must be signed by an
   authorized individual as it appears on the account.

*  CORPORATION  OR  ASSOCIATION:  Written  instructions  must be  signed  by the
   person(s)  authorized  to act on the account.  A certified  resolution  dated
   within six months of the date of receipt, authorizing the signer to act, must
   accompany the request if not on file with the Fund.

*  TRUST: Written instructions must be signed by the trustee(s).  If the name of
   the  current   trustee(s)  does  not  appear  on  the  account,  a  certified
   certificate of incumbency dated within 60 days must also be submitted.

*  RETIREMENT: Written instructions must be signed by the account owner.

INTEREST RATE TRIGGER -- Qualified TSA  Redemptions,  Qualified IRA  Redemptions
and Qualified  Plan  Redemptions  are not subject to the  redemption  fee at any
time. All other  redemptions are subject to the redemption fee, in the amount of
3%, on the proceeds of such  redemptions  of shares by  shareholders  on any day
that the  "Interest  Rate  Trigger" (as  described  below) is "active,"  and not
subject to those charges on days that the Interest  Rate Trigger is  "inactive."
The Interest Rate Trigger is active on any day when,  as of the  preceding  day,
the "Reference  Index Yield" exceeds the sum of the "Annual  Effective Yield" of
the Portfolio's plus 1.35%. The Reference Index Yield on any determination  date
is  the  previous  day's  closing  "Yield  to  Worst"  on  the  Lehman  Brothers
Intermediate  Treasury Bond Index(R).  The "Annual  Effective  Yield"  generally
represents  one day's  investment  income  expressed as an annualized  yield and
compounded  annually.  The status of the  Interest  Rate  Trigger will either be
"active" or  "inactive" on any day, and shall be determined on every day that an
NAV is calculated  for the Fund.  Once the Interest  Rate Trigger is active,  it
remains active every day until the Reference Index Yield is less than the sum of
the  Annual  Effective  Yield of the  Portfolio  plus  1.10%,  at which time the
Interest Rate Trigger becomes inactive on the following day and remains inactive
every day thereafter  until it becomes active again.  An example of when and how
the redemption fee will apply to the redemption of shares follows.

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The Annual  Effective  Yield of the Portfolio is intended to represent one day's
investment income expressed as an annualized yield and compounded annually.  The
Annual  Effective  Yield of the Portfolio shall be expressed as a percentage and
calculated on each  business day as follows  based on the dividend  declared for
the previous day:

                 [(1 + previous day's dividend factor)^365 - 1]
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                                  NAV per share


Please note that the Annual  Effective  Yield of the Fund will be lower than the
annual  effective yield of the Portfolio  because the  Portfolio's  expenses are
lower than the Fund's.
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A shareholder  is  considering  submitting a request for a redemption of Class A
shares  other than a Qualified  TSA  Redemption,  Qualified  IRA  Redemption  or
Qualified Plan Redemption to the Fund on March 2 in the amount of $5,000. Assume
that the  Reference  Index Yield is 8.65% as of the close of business on March 1
and the Annual  Effective  Yield of the Portfolio is 6.20% as of that date.  The
Annual  Effective Yield of the Portfolio plus 1.35% equals 7.55%.  Since this is
less than the  Reference  Index Yield of 8.65%,  the  Interest  Rate  Trigger is
active. Thus, the net redemption proceeds to the Shareholder will be $4,850. The
redemption fee will continue to apply to all redemptions which are not Qualified
TSA Redemptions,  Qualified IRA Redemptions or Qualified Plan Redemptions  until
the day  after the  Reference  Index  Yield is less  than the sum of the  Annual
Effective Yield of the Portfolio plus 1.10%. (Please note that this example does
not  take  into   consideration  an  individual   Shareholder's  tax  issues  or
consequences including without limitation any withholding taxes that may apply.)

The spread between the Annual Effective Yield of the Portfolio and the Reference
Index Yield that cause the Interest  Rate  Trigger to be activated  (currently a
spread of 1.35%) and de-activated (currently a spread of 1.10%) reflect the fact
that the Portfolio's  entire investment  advisory fee is currently being waived.
If the investment advisory fee waiver is discontinued as expected, these spreads
will increase.

The amount of,  and  method of  applying,  the  Redemption  Fee,  including  the
operation  of the  Interest  Rate  Trigger,  may be changed in the  future.  For
example, we expect to reduce the Redemption Fee to 2% and correspondingly adjust
the Interest  Rate Trigger so that the Interest Rate Trigger will be active more
frequently than under the current calculation.  Shares currently offered in this
prospectus  would  be  subject  to the new  combination  of  Redemption  Fee and
Interest Rate Trigger.


Shareholders can obtain information  regarding when the Interest Rate Trigger is
active, as well as the Annual Effective Yield of the Portfolio and the Reference
Index Yield by calling  1-800-888-2461.  The amount of, and method of  applying,
the redemption fee, including the operation of the Interest Rate Trigger, may be
changed in the future.


QUALIFIED TSA REDEMPTIONS -- A redemption of Fund shares can be made at any time
without the assessment of a redemption fee if the redemption is a "Qualified TSA
Redemption."  In general,  amounts  distributed to a taxpayer from a TSA account
prior to the date on which the taxpayer reaches age 59 1/2 are includible in the
taxpayer's gross income and, unless the distribution meets the requirements of a
specific  exception under the tax code, are also subject to an early  withdrawal
penalty tax. A "Qualified TSA Redemption" is:

*  a  redemption  made by an owner of a TSA  account  that is not subject to the
   early withdrawal  penalty tax, provided  however,  that a rollover from a TSA
   account to an IRA account, or a direct  trustee-to-trustee  transfer of a TSA
   account is not a Qualified TSA Redemption unless the owner of the TSA account
   or IRA account  continues  the  investment of the  transferred  amount in the
   Fund;

*  a transfer to another investment option that is not a competing fund* in your
   TSA account if:

   >  your TSA account does not allow transfers to competing funds or

   >  your TSA account requires  transfers  between the Fund and a non-competing
      fund to remain in the  non-competing  fund for a period of at least  three
      months before being transferred to a competing fund.

*Competing funds are any fixed income investment options with a targeted average
 duration  of three  years or  less,  or any  investment  option  that  seeks to
 maintain a stable value per unit or share, including money market funds.

All other redemptions of shares will be subject to the 3% redemption fee, if the
Interest Rate Trigger is active. Specifically,  if your account allows transfers
to competing  funds or if they do not require  transfers  between the Fund and a
non-competing  fund to remain in the non-competing fund for a period of at least
three months before  transfer to a competing fund, all transfers will be subject
to a redemption fee.

Owners of TSA accounts  requesting a redemption  of Fund shares will be required
to provide a written statement as to whether the proceeds of the redemption will
be subject to the early  withdrawal  penalty  tax and to identify  the  specific
exception upon which he or she intends to rely. The information  relating to the
early  withdrawal  penalty  tax will form the basis  for  determining  whether a
redemption is a Qualified TSA Redemption.  The Fund or the Fund's  Administrator
may require  additional  evidence,  such as the  opinion of a  certified  public
accountant or tax attorney,  that any particular  redemption will not be subject
to early  withdrawal  penalty tax. With respect to a transfer,  the owner may be
required to provide evidence that the transfer is not to a competing fund.


QUALIFIED IRA REDEMPTIONS -- A redemption of Fund shares can be made at any time
without the assessment of a redemption fee if the redemption is a "Qualified IRA
Redemption." In general,  amounts  distributed to a taxpayer from an IRA account
prior to the date on which the taxpayer reaches age 59 1/2 are includible in the
taxpayer's gross income and, unless the distribution meets the requirements of a
specific  exception under the tax code, are also subject to an early  withdrawal
penalty tax. A "Qualified IRA Redemption" is a redemption made by an owner of an
IRA account that is not subject to the early  withdrawal  penalty tax,  provided
however, that an IRA rollover, or a direct trustee-to-trustee transfer of an IRA
is not a Qualified IRA Redemption  unless the owner of the IRA account continues
the investment of the transferred amount in the Fund.

Owners of IRA accounts  requesting a redemption  of Fund shares will be required
to provide a written statement as to whether the proceeds of the redemption will
be subject to the early  withdrawal  penalty  tax and to identify  the  specific
exception upon which he or she intends to rely. This  information  will form the
basis for determining  whether a redemption is a Qualified IRA  Redemption.  The
Fund or the Fund's  Administrator may require additional  evidence,  such as the
opinion of a certified  public  accountant or tax attorney,  that any particular
redemption will not be subject to early withdrawal penalty tax.


QUALIFIED PLAN  REDEMPTIONS -- Your plan  administrator  should be contacted for
information  on how to redeem  shares.  There will be no redemption fee assessed
for qualified plan redemptions, which are:

*  Redemptions   resulting  from  the  plan  participant's  death,   disability,
   retirement or termination of employment;

*  Redemptions  to  fund  loans  to,  or "in  service"  withdrawals  by,  a plan
   participant; and

*  Transfers to other plan investment options that are not competing funds* if:

   >  your plan does not allow transfers to competing funds or

   >  your plan requires  transfers between the Fund and a non-competing fund to
      remain in the  non-competing  fund for a period of at least  three  months
      before transfer to a competing fund.

*Competing funds are any fixed income investment options with a targeted average
 duration  of three  years or  less,  or any  investment  option  that  seeks to
 maintain a stable value per unit or share, including money market funds.

All other redemptions of shares will be subject to the 3% redemption fee, if the
Interest Rate Trigger is active. Specifically,  if your plan allows transfers to
competing  funds  or if they do not  require  transfers  between  the Fund and a
non-competing  fund to remain in the non-competing fund for a period of at least
three months before  transfer to a competing fund, all transfers will be subject
to a redemption fee.


The Fund  reserves  the  right to  require  written  verification  of  whether a
redemption  request is for a Qualified Plan  Redemption in accordance  with plan
provisions  and  to  establish  the  authenticity  of  this  information  before
processing a redemption request.

PAYMENT OF REDEMPTION PROCEEDS -- Payments may be made by check.

The Fund may suspend the right of  redemption  during any period when trading on
the New York Stock  Exchange is  restricted or such Exchange is closed for other
than weekends or holidays, or any emergency is deemed to exist by the Securities
and Exchange Commission.

BY CHECK.  Redemption  proceeds will be sent to the  shareholder(s) of record at
the address on our records  generally within seven days after receipt of a valid
redemption request. For a charge of $15 deducted from redemption  proceeds,  the
Administrator  will  provide  a  certified  or  cashier's  check,  or  send  the
redemption proceeds by express mail, upon the shareholder's request.

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

The Fund declares  dividends from its net income daily and pays the dividends on
a monthly basis.

The Fund  reserves  the right to include in the daily  dividend  any  short-term
capital gains on securities that it sells.  Also, the Fund will normally declare
and pay annually any long-term  capital gains as well as any short-term  capital
gains that it did not distribute during the year.

On occasion,  the dividends the Fund  distributes may differ from the income the
Fund  earns.   When  the  Fund's  income  exceeds  the  amount   distributed  to
shareholders,  the Fund may make an additional distribution.  When an additional
distribution  is  necessary,  the Board of Directors may declare a REVERSE STOCK
SPLIT to occur at the same time the additional  distribution is made. Making the
additional  distribution  simultaneously  with  the  reverse  stock  split  will
minimize fluctuations in the net asset value of the Fund's shares.

All dividends and capital gains, if any, will automatically be reinvested unless
you notify the Fund otherwise.

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A  REVERSE  STOCK  SPLIT  reduces  the  number  of  total  shares  the  Fund has
outstanding.  The market  value of the  shares  will be the same after the stock
split as before the split, but each share will be worth more.
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TAX CONSIDERATIONS

The Fund does not ordinarily pay income taxes.  You and other  shareholders  pay
taxes on the income or capital gains from the Fund's holdings.

For TSA  owners,  IRA  owners  and Plan  participants  utilizing  the Fund as an
investment option under their Plan, dividend and capital gain distributions from
the Fund generally will not be subject to current taxation,  but will accumulate
on a tax-deferred basis.

Because each participant's tax circumstances are unique and because the tax laws
governing  Plans are complex and subject to change,  it is recommended  that you
consult your Plan  administrator,  your plan's Summary Plan Description,  and/or
your tax advisor about the tax  consequences of your  participation in your Plan
and of any Plan contributions or withdrawals.

SHAREHOLDER SERVICES

ACCUMULATION  PLAN -- An  investor  may  choose to invest in the Fund  through a
voluntary  Accumulation  Plan.  This  allows for an initial  investment  of $100
minimum and subsequent  investments of $20 minimum at any time. An  Accumulation
Plan involves no obligation to make periodic  investments,  and is terminable at
will.

Payments are made by sending a check to the  Distributor who (acting as an agent
for the dealer) will purchase whole and fractional  shares of the Fund as of the
close of business  on such day as the payment is  received.  The  investor  will
receive a confirmation and statement after each investment.

Investors may also choose to use "Secur-O-Matic"  (automatic bank draft) to make
Fund purchases. There is no additional charge for choosing to use Secur-O-Matic.
Withdrawals  from your bank  account may occur up to 3 business  days before the
date scheduled to purchase Fund shares.  An application for Secur-O-Matic may be
obtained from the Fund.

SYSTEMATIC  WITHDRAWAL  PROGRAM  --  Shareholders  who wish to  receive  regular
monthly, quarterly,  semiannual, or annual payments of $25 or more may establish
a Systematic  Withdrawal  Program.  A shareholder  may elect a payment that is a
specified  percentage  of the  initial or current  account  value or a specified
dollar amount.  A Systematic  Withdrawal  Program will be allowed only if shares
with a current  aggregate net asset value of $5,000 or more are  deposited  with
the  Administrator,  which  will  act as agent  for the  shareholder  under  the
Program. Shares are liquidated at net asset value less any applicable Redemption
Fee.  The Program may be  terminated  on written  notice,  or it will  terminate
automatically if all shares are liquidated or redeemed from the account.

A  shareholder  may  establish a Systematic  Withdrawal  Program with respect to
Class B and Class C shares without the  imposition of any applicable  contingent
deferred  sales charge,  provided that such  withdrawals  do not in any 12-month
period,  beginning  on the date the  Program is  established,  exceed 10% of the
value  of the  account  on  that  date  ("Free  Systematic  Withdrawals").  Free
Systematic  Withdrawals are not available if a Program  established with respect
to Class B or Class C shares  provides for  withdrawals  in excess of 10% of the
value of the account in any Program year and, as a result, all withdrawals under
such a Program  would be subject to any  applicable  contingent  deferred  sales
charge. Free Systematic Withdrawals will be made first by redeeming those shares
that  are not  subject  to the  contingent  deferred  sales  charge  and then by
redeeming  shares  held  the  longest.  The  contingent  deferred  sales  charge
applicable  to a redemption  of Class B or Class C shares  requested  while Free
Systematic  Withdrawals  are being made will be  calculated  as described  under
"Waiver of Deferred Sales Charge," page 12. A Systematic  Withdrawal form may be
obtained from the Fund.


EXCHANGE PRIVILEGE -- Shareholders who own shares of the Fund may exchange those
shares for shares of the  Diversified  Income or High Yield  series of  Security
Income Fund or for shares of other mutual funds  distributed by the  Distributor
(the "Security  Funds").  Shareholders,  except those who have purchased through
the following custodial accounts of the Administrator,  403(b)(7) accounts, SEPP
accounts and SIMPLE  Plans,  may also  exchange  their shares for shares of Cash
Fund.  Exchanges may be made, only in those states where shares of the fund into
which an  exchange  is to be made are  qualified  for sale.  No  service  fee is
presently  imposed on such an  exchange.  Class A, Class B and Class C shares of
the Fund may be  exchanged  for Class A,  Class B and,  if  applicable,  Class C
shares, respectively, of another Security Fund. A Redemption Fee may be assessed
on an  exchange  from the Fund to another  Security  Fund if the  Interest  Rate
Trigger is active.  Any  applicable  contingent  deferred  sales  charge will be
calculated from the date of the initial purchase.


Exchanges of Class A shares from the Fund are made at net asset value  without a
front-end  sales  charge  if (1) the  shares  have  been  owned  for at least 90
consecutive days prior to the exchange, (2) the shares were acquired pursuant to
a prior  exchange  from a  Security  Fund which  assessed a sales  charge on the
original  purchase,  or  (3)  the  shares  were  acquired  as a  result  of  the
reinvestment of dividends or capital gains  distributions.  Exchanges of Class A
shares from the Fund,  other than those described  above,  are made at net asset
value plus the sales charge  described in the  prospectus of the other  Security
Fund being acquired, less the sales charge paid on the shares of the Fund at the
time of original purchase.


Shareholders  should contact the Fund before  requesting an exchange in order to
ascertain  whether  any  sales  charges  are  applicable  to  the  shares  to be
exchanged.  In effecting the exchanges of Fund shares,  the  Administrator  will
first cause to be exchanged those shares which would not be subject to any sales
charges.  The  terms  of an  employee-sponsored  retirement  plan  may  affect a
shareholder's  right to exchange  shares as described  above.  Contact your plan
sponsor or administrator  to determine if all of the exchange options  discussed
above are available under your plan.


For tax purposes,  an exchange is a sale of shares which may result in a taxable
gain or loss. Special rules may apply to determine the amount of gain or loss on
an  exchange  occurring  within  ninety  days after the  exchanged  shares  were
acquired.

Exchanges are made upon receipt of a properly completed  Exchange  Authorization
form.  This  privilege  may  be  changed  or  discontinued  at any  time  at the
discretion of the management of the Fund upon 60 days' notice to shareholders. A
current  prospectus  of the Security Fund into which an exchange is made will be
given to each shareholder exercising this privilege.


DOLLAR COST AVERAGING.  Only for shareholders of a TSA account  sponsored by the
Administrator and opened on or after June 5, 2000, a special exchange  privilege
is available. This privilege allows such shareholders to make periodic exchanges
of shares  from the Fund  (held in  non-certificate  form) to one or more of the
funds available under the exchange  privilege as described above.  Such periodic
exchanges in which  securities  are purchased at regular  intervals are known as
"dollar cost averaging." With dollar cost averaging,  the cost of the securities
gets  averaged over time and possibly over various  market  cycles.  Dollar cost
averaging does not guarantee profits,  nor does it assure that you will not have
losses.

You may obtain a dollar cost averaging request form from the Administrator.  You
must designate on the form whether amounts are to be exchanged on the basis of a
specific dollar amount or a specific number of shares.  The  Administrator  will
exchange  shares  as  requested  on the first  business  day of the  month.  The
Administrator  will  make  exchanges  until  your  account  value in the Fund is
depleted  or until you  instruct  the  Administrator  to  terminate  dollar cost
averaging. You may instruct the Administrator to terminate dollar cost averaging
at any time by written request.

ASSET  REBALANCING.  Only for  shareholders  of a TSA account  sponsored  by the
Administrator and opened on or after June 5, 2000, a special exchange  privilege
is available that allows  shareholders to  automatically  exchange shares of the
funds on a quarterly basis to maintain a particular  percentage allocation among
the funds.  The  available  funds are those  discussed  above under the exchange
privilege and shares of such funds must be held in  non-certificate  form.  Your
account  value  allocated  to a fund will grow or decline in value at  different
rates during the  selected  period,  and asset  rebalancing  will  automatically
reallocate  your account  value in the funds to the  allocation  you select on a
quarterly basis.

You may obtain an asset  rebalancing  request form from the  Administrator.  You
must  designate on the form the  applicable  funds and the percentage of account
value to be maintained in each fund. Thereafter, the Administrator will exchange
shares of the funds to maintain  that  allocation  on the first  business day of
each calendar  quarter.  You may instruct the  Administrator  to terminate asset
rebalancing at any time by written request.


RETIREMENT  PLANS -- The Fund has available  tax-qualified  retirement plans for
individuals,  prototype plans for the self-employed,  pension and profit sharing
plans for  corporations  and  custodial  accounts for employees of public school
systems and  organizations  meeting the requirements of Section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code. Further  information  concerning these plans is contained
in the Fund's Statement of Additional Information.

GENERAL INFORMATION

SHAREHOLDER  INQUIRIES  --  Shareholders  who have  questions  concerning  their
account or wish to obtain  additional  information,  may call the Fund (see back
cover for address and telephone numbers), or contact their securities dealer.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

The financial  highlights  table is intended to help you  understand  the Fund's
financial  performance for its Class A shares, Class B shares and Class C Shares
for the period May 3, 1999 to September 30, 1999. Certain  information  reflects
financial  results  for a single  Fund  share.  The total  returns  in the table
represent the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment
in the Fund  assuming  reinvestment  of all dividends  and  distributions.  This
information has been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, whose report,  along with the
Fund's financial statements, is included in the annual report which is available
upon request.

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SECURITY CAPITAL PRESERVATION FUND (CLASS A)
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                                                               1999(A)(D)
PER SHARE DATA
Net asset value beginning of period..........................   $10.00

INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:
Net investment income........................................     0.22

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:
Net investment income........................................    (0.22)
                                                                 -----
Net asset value end of period................................   $10.00
                                                                 =====
Total investment return(b)...................................     2.24%

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net assets end of period (thousands).........................   $25,261
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets.........     6.16%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets(c)...................     1.26%
Decrease reflected in the above expense ratio due to
   absorption of expenses by Bankers Trust...................     0.92%

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SECURITY CAPITAL PRESERVATION FUND (CLASS B)
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                                                               1999(A)(D)
PER SHARE DATA
Net asset value beginning of period..........................   $10.00

INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:
Net investment income........................................     0.20

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:
Net investment income........................................    (0.20)
                                                                 -----
Net asset value end of period................................   $10.00
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Total investment return(b)...................................     2.03%

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net assets end of period (thousands).........................      $324
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets.........     5.27%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets(c)...................     1.89%
Decrease reflected in the above expense ratio due to
   absorption of expenses by Bankers Trust...................     0.92%

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SECURITY CAPITAL PRESERVATION FUND (CLASS C)
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                                                               1999(A)(D)
PER SHARE DATA
Net asset value beginning of period..........................   $10.00

INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:
Net investment income........................................     0.21

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:
Net investment income........................................    (0.21)
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Net asset value end of period................................   $10.00
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Total investment return(b)...................................     2.12%

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net assets end of period (thousands).........................      $194
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets.........     5.51%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets(c)...................     1.64%
Decrease reflected in the above expense ratio due to
   absorption of expenses by Bankers Trust...................     0.92%
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(a)  Security Capital  Preservation  Fund Class A, B and C shares were initially
     capitalized  on May 3,  1999,  with a net  asset  value  of $10 per  share.
     Amounts  presented  are for the period May 3, 1999  through  September  30,
     1999. Percentage amounts, except for total return, have been annualized.


(b)  Total return  information  does not reflect  deduction of any sales charges
     imposed at the time of purchase for Class A shares or upon  redemption  for
     Class B and C shares.  Total  returns  for the Fund assume that an investor
     did not pay a redemption fee at the end of the periods shown.


(c)  Ratio   expenses   to  average   net  assets   include   expenses   of  the
     PreservationPlus Income Portfolio.

(d)  Net  investment   income  was  computed  using  average   month-end  shares
     outstanding.
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                                   APPENDIX A
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REDUCED SALES CHARGES

CLASS A SHARES -- Initial sales charges may be reduced or eliminated for persons
or  organizations  purchasing Class A shares of the Fund alone or in combination
with Class A shares of other Security Funds.

For purposes of qualifying  for reduced sales charges on purchases made pursuant
to Rights of  Accumulation  or a Statement of  Intention,  the term  "Purchaser"
includes the following  persons:  an individual,  his or her spouse and children
under the age of 21; a trustee or other  fiduciary  of a single  trust estate or
single fiduciary account  established for their benefit;  an organization exempt
from federal income tax under Section  501(c)(3) or (13) of the Internal Revenue
Code; or a pension, profit-sharing or other employee benefit plan whether or not
qualified under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code.

RIGHTS OF ACCUMULATION -- To reduce sales charges on purchases of Class A shares
of the Fund, a Purchaser  may combine all previous  purchases of the Fund with a
contemplated current purchase and receive the reduced applicable front-end sales
charge.  The  Distributor  must be notified  when a sale takes place which might
qualify for the reduced charge on the basis of previous purchases.

Rights of accumulation also apply to purchases representing a combination of the
Class A shares of the Fund, and other Security Funds, except Security Cash Fund,
in those states where shares of the fund being purchased are qualified for sale.

STATEMENT  OF  INTENTION  -- A  Purchaser  may  choose  to sign a  Statement  of
Intention  within 90 days after the first  purchase to be  included  thereunder,
which  will  cover  future  purchases  of Class A shares of the Fund,  and other
Security Funds,  except Security Cash Fund. The amount of these future purchases
shall be specified and must be made within a 13-month period (or 36-month period
for  purchases  of $1  million  or  more) to  become  eligible  for the  reduced
front-end  sales charge  applicable  to the actual  amount  purchased  under the
Statement.  Shares  equal to five  percent  (5%) of the amount  specified in the
Statement of Intention  will be held in escrow until the  statement is completed
or  terminated.  These  shares may be redeemed by the Fund if the  Purchaser  is
required to pay additional sales charges.

A Statement of Intention may be revised  during the 13-month (or, if applicable,
36-month) period. Additional Class A shares received from reinvestment of income
dividends and capital gains  distributions are included in the total amount used
to determine  reduced  sales  charges.  A Statement of Intention may be obtained
from the Fund.

REINSTATEMENT  PRIVILEGE -- Shareholders  who redeem their Class A shares of the
Fund have a one-time  privilege  (1) to reinstate  their  accounts by purchasing
Class A shares  without a sales charge up to the dollar amount of the redemption
proceeds;  or (2) to the extent the redeemed shares would have been eligible for
the exchange  privilege,  to purchase  Class A shares of another of the Security
Funds,  without  a  sales  charge  up to the  dollar  amount  of the  redemption
proceeds. To exercise this privilege,  a shareholder must provide written notice
and a check in the  amount of the  reinvestment  within  thirty  days  after the
redemption  request;  the reinstatement  will be made at the net asset value per
share on the date received by the Fund or the Security Funds, as appropriate.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION
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BY TELEPHONE -- Call 1-800-888-2461.

BY MAIL -- Write to:
Security Management Company, LLC
700 SW Harrison
Topeka, KS 66636-0001

ON THE  INTERNET -- Reports and other  information  about the Fund can be viewed
online or downloaded from:

SEC:  On the EDGAR Database at http://www.sec.gov

SMC, LLC:  http://www.securitybenefit.com

Additional  information  about the Fund  (including  the Statement of Additional
Information)  can  be  reviewed  and  copied  at  the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission's  Public  Reference Room in Washington,  DC.  Information  about the
operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the Commission
at 1-202-942-8090. Copies may be obtained, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by
electronic  request at the following  e-mail address:  [email protected]  or by
writing  the  Public  Reference  Section  of  the  Commission,   Washington,  DC
20549-0102.
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ANNUAL/SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT -- Additional information about the Fund's investments
is available in the Fund's annual and semi-annual  reports to  shareholders.  In
the Fund's annual  report,  you will find a discussion of the market  conditions
and investment  strategies that  significantly  affected the Fund's  performance
during its last fiscal year.

STATEMENT  OF  ADDITIONAL  INFORMATION  -- The Fund's  Statement  of  Additional
Information and the Fund's annual or semi-annual  report are available,  without
charge  upon  request  by  calling  the  Funds'   toll-free   telephone   number
1-800-888-2461,  extension 3127.  Shareholder  inquiries  should be addressed to
SMC, LLC, 700 SW Harrison Street,  Topeka, Kansas 66636-0001,  or by calling the
Fund's  toll-free  telephone  number  listed  above.  The  Fund's  Statement  of
Additional Information is incorporated into this prospectus by reference.

The Fund's Investment Company Act file number is listed below:

                  Security Income Fund.............   811-2120
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SECURITY INCOME FUND

*  DIVERSIFIED INCOME SERIES
   (formerly U.S. Government Series)

*  HIGH YIELD SERIES

SECURITY MUNICIPAL BOND FUND

SECURITY CASH FUND

Members of The Security Benefit Group of Companies
700 SW Harrison, Topeka, Kansas 66636-0001
(785) 431-3127
(800) 888-2461




This Statement of Additional Information is not a prospectus.  It should be read
in conjunction  with the Prospectus dated May 1, 2000, as it may be supplemented
from  time  to  time.  A  Prospectus   may  be  obtained  by  writing   Security
Distributors,  Inc., 700 SW Harrison,  Topeka, Kansas 66636-0001,  or by calling
(785) 431-3127 or (800) 888-2461, ext. 3127. The Fund's December 31, 1999 Annual
Report is incorporated herein by reference.





STATEMENT  OF  ADDITIONAL  INFORMATION
MAY  1,  2000, AS SUPPLEMENTED JULY 26, 2000
RELATING TO THE PROSPECTUS DATED May 1, 2000,
AS IT MAY BE SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME
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INVESTMENT MANAGER
Security Management Company, LLC
700 SW Harrison Street
Topeka, Kansas 66636-0001

DISTRIBUTOR
Security Distributors, Inc.
700 SW Harrison Street
Topeka, Kansas 66636-0001

CUSTODIAN
UMB Bank, N.A.
928 Grand Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri 64106

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
Ernst & Young LLP
One Kansas City Place
1200 Main Street
Kansas City Missouri, 64105-2143
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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS
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GENERAL INFORMATION.........................................................   3
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES OF THE FUNDS.............................   4
   Security Income Fund.....................................................   4
   Security Municipal Bond Fund.............................................   7
   Security Cash Fund.......................................................  11
INVESTMENT METHODS AND RISK FACTORS.........................................  13
   General Risk Factors.....................................................  13
   Repurchase Agreements, Reverse Repurchase Agreements
      and Roll Transactions.................................................  13
   Borrowing................................................................  14
   Lending of Portfolio Securities..........................................  14
   Guaranteed Investment Contracts ("GICs").................................  14
   Restricted Securities (Rule 144A Securities).............................  14
   Risks Associated With Lower-Rated Debt Securities (Junk Bonds)...........  15
   Convertible Securities and Warrants......................................  16
   Mortgage Backed Securities and Collateralized Mortgage Obligations.......  16
   Asset Backed Securities..................................................  17
   Real Estate Securities...................................................  17
   When Issued and Forward Commitment Securities............................  18
   Options and Futures Strategies...........................................  18
   Interest Rate Swaps......................................................  22
   Emerging Countries.......................................................  23
   Foreign Investment Restrictions..........................................  23
   Political and Economic Risks.............................................  23
   Religious and Ethnic Instability.........................................  23
   Non-Uniform Corporate Disclosure Standards and Governmental Regulation...  23
   Adverse Market Characteristics...........................................  24
   Non-U.S. Withholding Taxes...............................................  24
   Costs....................................................................  24
   Eastern Europe...........................................................  24
   American Depositary Receipts (ADRs)......................................  24
INVESTMENT POLICY LIMITATIONS...............................................  24
   Fundamental Policies.....................................................  25
   Operating Policies.......................................................  25
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS......................................................  26
REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS AND OTHERS........................................  27
PRINCIPAL HOLDERS OF SECURITIES.............................................  28
HOW TO PURCHASE SHARES......................................................  28
   Diversified Income, High Yield and Municipal Bond Funds..................  29
   Alternative Purchase Options.............................................  29
   Class A Shares...........................................................  29
   Security Income and Municipal Bond Funds' Class A Distribution Plans.....  29
   Class B Shares...........................................................  30
   Class B Distribution Plan................................................  31
   Class C Shares...........................................................  31
   Class C Distribution Plan................................................  31
   Calculation and Waiver of Contingent Deferred Sales Charges..............  32
   Arrangements With Broker/Dealers and Others..............................  32
   Cash Fund................................................................  33
PURCHASES AT NET ASSET VALUE................................................  33
ACCUMULATION PLAN...........................................................  34
SYSTEMATIC WITHDRAWAL PROGRAM...............................................  34
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT.......................................................  35
   Portfolio Management.....................................................  37
   Code of Ethics...........................................................  38
DISTRIBUTOR.................................................................  38
ALLOCATION OF PORTFOLIO BROKERAGE...........................................  39
DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE............................................  40
HOW TO REDEEM SHARES........................................................  41
   Telephone Redemptions....................................................  42
HOW TO EXCHANGE SHARES......................................................  42
   Exchange by Telephone....................................................  43
DIVIDENDS AND TAXES.........................................................  44
   Options, Futures and Forward Contracts and Swap Agreements...............  47
   Market Discount..........................................................  47
   Original Issue Discount..................................................  47
   Constructive Sales.......................................................  48
   Foreign Taxation.........................................................  48
   Other Taxes..............................................................  48
ORGANIZATION................................................................  48
CUSTODIAN, TRANSFER AGENT AND DIVIDEND-PAYING AGENT.........................  49
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS........................................................  49
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION.....................................................  49
RETIREMENT PLANS............................................................  50
INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS (IRAS).......................................  51
ROTH IRAS...................................................................  52
EDUCATION IRAS..............................................................  52
SIMPLE IRAS.................................................................  52
PENSION AND PROFIT-SHARING PLANS............................................  52
403(B) RETIREMENT PLANS.....................................................  52
SIMPLIFIED EMPLOYEE PENSION PLANS (SEPPS)...................................  53
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS........................................................  53
TAX-EXEMPT VS. TAXABLE INCOME...............................................  53
APPENDIX A..................................................................  54
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GENERAL INFORMATION

Security Income Fund, Security Municipal Bond Fund and Security Cash Fund, which
were organized as Kansas corporations on April 20, 1965, July 14, 1981 and March
21,  1980,  respectively,  are  registered  with  the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission as investment  companies.  The name of Security  Municipal  Bond Fund
(formerly "Security  Tax-Exempt Fund") was changed effective May 1, 1998 that of
Diversified  Income  Series  (formerly  "U.S.  Government  Series")  was changed
effective  February 4, 2000. Such registration  does not involve  supervision by
the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  of the  management or policies of the
Funds. The Funds are diversified, open-end management investment companies that,
upon the demand of the  investor,  must redeem their shares and pay the investor
the current net asset value thereof. (See "How to Redeem Shares," page 41.)

Each of the Diversified Income Series ("Diversified Income Fund") and High Yield
Series ("High Yield Fund") of Security Income Fund, Security Municipal Bond Fund
("Municipal Bond Fund"),  and Security Cash Fund ("Cash Fund") (the "Funds") has
its own investment objective and policies which are described below. While there
is no present intention to do so, the investment  objective and policies of each
Fund,  unless otherwise noted, may be changed by its Board of Directors  without
the  approval  of  stockholders.  Each of the Funds is also  required to operate
within limitations imposed by its fundamental  investment policies which may not
be changed without stockholder  approval.  These limitations are set forth below
under  "Investment  Policy  Limitations,"  page 24. An  investment in one of the
Funds does not constitute a complete investment program.

The value of the shares of each Fund  fluctuates with the value of the portfolio
securities.  Each  Fund may  realize  losses  or gains  when it sells  portfolio
securities  and will earn  income to the extent that it  receives  dividends  or
interest from its investments. (See "Dividends and Taxes," page 44.)

The shares of Diversified Income Fund and High Yield Fund are sold to the public
at net  asset  value,  plus a sales  commission  which is  divided  between  the
principal  distributor and dealers who sell the shares ("Class A shares"), or at
net asset value with a contingent  deferred  sales  charge  ("Class B shares" or
"Class C shares").  The shares of Municipal  Bond Fund are sold to the public at
net asset value,  plus a sales commission which is divided between the principal
distributor and dealers who sell the shares ("Class A shares"),  or at net asset
value with a contingent deferred sales charge ("Class B shares").  The shares of
Cash Fund are sold to the public at net asset value. There is no sales charge or
load when purchasing  shares of Cash Fund.  (See "How to Purchase  Shares," page
28.)

The Funds receive investment advisory, administrative,  accounting, and transfer
agency services from Security Management Company, LLC (the "Investment Manager")
for a fee. The Investment  Manager has agreed that the aggregate annual expenses
(including  the management  compensation  but excluding  brokerage  commissions,
interest, taxes, extraordinary expenses and Class B distribution fees) shall not
for  Diversified  Income and High Yield  Funds  exceed  any  expense  limitation
imposed by any state and shall not for Cash Fund  exceed 1% of the  average  net
assets of the Fund for the year. The Investment Manager has also agreed that the
aggregate annual expenses  (including the management  compensation but excluding
interest,  taxes,  extraordinary  expenses and Class A and Class B  distribution
fees) shall not for  Municipal  Bond Fund exceed 1% of the average net assets of
the Fund for the year.  (See page 35 for a discussion of the Investment  Manager
and the Investment Advisory Contract.)

Each Fund will pay all of its expenses not assumed by the Investment  Manager or
Security Distributors, Inc. (the "Distributor") including organization expenses;
directors'  fees;  fees of  custodian;  taxes and  governmental  fees;  interest
charges; any membership dues; brokerage  commissions;  expenses of preparing and
distributing  reports to stockholders;  costs of stockholder and other meetings;
and legal,  auditing and  accounting  expenses.  Each Fund will also pay for the
preparation  and  distribution  of the  prospectus to its  stockholders  and all
expenses in connection with its registration under the Investment Company Act of
1940  and  the  registration  of its  capital  stock  under  federal  and  state
securities  laws.  Each  Fund  will  pay  nonrecurring  expenses  as may  arise,
including litigation expenses affecting it.

Under  Distribution  Plans  adopted  with  respect  to the  Class  A  shares  of
Diversified  Income,  High Yield and Municipal Bond Funds pursuant to Rule 12b-1
under the  Investment  Company  Act of 1940 (the "1940  Act"),  these  Funds are
authorized to pay to the Distributor, an annual fee of .25% of the average daily
net  assets of the  Class A shares of the  Diversified  Income,  High  Yield and
Municipal Bond Funds to finance various  distribution-related  activities.  (See
"Security  Income and Municipal  Bond Funds' Class A  Distribution  Plans," page
29.)

Under  Distribution  Plans  adopted  with  respect  to the  Class  B  shares  of
Diversified  Income,  High Yield and Municipal Bond Funds pursuant to Rule 12b-1
under the 1940 Act, each Fund is authorized to pay to the Distributor, an annual
fee of 1.00% of the  average  daily  net  assets  of the  Class B shares  of the
respective Funds to finance various distribution-related activities.

Under a  Distribution  Plan  adopted  with  respect  to the  Class C  shares  of
Diversified  Income and High Yield  Funds  pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940
Act, each Fund is authorized to pay to the  Distributor,  an annual fee of 1.00%
of the average daily net assets of the Class C shares of the respective Funds to
finance  various  distribution-related  activities.  (See "Class B  Distribution
Plan," page 31, "Class C Distribution Plan, page 31.)

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES OF THE FUNDS

SECURITY  INCOME FUND -- Security  Income Fund ("Income Fund") offers its shares
in multiple Series,  each of which represents a different  investment  objective
and which has its own  identified  assets and net asset values.  The  investment
objectives  of the  Diversified  Income and High Yield Series of Income Fund are
each described below.  There are risks inherent in the ownership of any security
and there can be no assurance that such investment  objectives will be achieved.
Some of the risks are described below.

Short-term  obligations may be purchased in any amount as the Investment Manager
deems appropriate for defensive or liquidity purposes. Each Fund's portfolio may
include a  significant  amount of debt  securities  that sell at discounts  from
their face amount as a result of current market  conditions.  For example,  debt
securities with  fixed-rate  coupons are generally sold at a discount from their
face amount during periods of rising interest rates.

Income Fund makes no representation that the stated investment  objective of any
Series will be achieved.  Although  there is no present  intention to do so, the
investment  objective  of any  Series of the Fund may be altered by the Board of
Directors without the approval of stockholders of the Series.

DIVERSIFIED INCOME FUND. The investment objective of the Diversified Income Fund
is to provide a high level of interest  income with  security of  principal.  In
pursuing its investment objective, the Fund will invest in a broad range of debt
securities,  including (i) securities issued by U.S. and Canadian  corporations;
(ii)  securities  issued  or  guaranteed  by the U.S.  Government  or any of its
agencies  or  instrumentalities,   including  Treasury  bills,  certificates  of
indebtedness,  notes and bonds;  (iii)  securities  issued or  guaranteed by the
Dominion  of Canada or  provinces  thereof;  (iv)  securities  issued by foreign
governments,  their agencies and  instrumentalities,  and foreign  corporations,
provided  that such  securities  are  denominated  in U.S.  dollars;  (v) higher
yielding, high risk debt securities (commonly referred to as "junk bonds"); (vi)
certificates  of  deposit  issued by a U.S.  branch of a foreign  bank  ("Yankee
CDs");  (vii)  investment  grade  mortgage-backed  securities  ("MBSs");  (viii)
investment grade asset-backed securities;  (ix) zero coupon securities;  and (x)
interest  rate and total  return swap  agreements.  High yield debt  securities,
Yankee CDs, MBSs,  asset-backed  securities and swap agreements are described in
further  detail under  "Investment  Methods and Risk Factors." It is anticipated
that the Fund will maintain a dollar weighted average duration of 4 to 10 years.

Diversified  Income  Fund may also invest a portion of its assets in options and
futures contracts.  These instruments may be used to hedge the Fund's portfolio,
enhance income, or as a substitute for purchasing or selling securities.

Diversified  Income Fund will invest  primarily in debt securities  rated Baa or
higher  by  Moody's  or BBB or  higher  by S&P at the  time of  purchase,  or if
unrated,  of equivalent  quality as determined by the  Investment  Manager.  Baa
securities are considered to be "medium grade" obligations by Moody's and BBB is
the lowest classification which is still considered an "investment grade" rating
by S&P.  Included  in such  securities  may be  convertible  bonds or bonds with
warrants  attached  which are rated at least Baa or BBB at the time of purchase,
or if unrated,  of equivalent quality as determined by the Investment Manager. A
"convertible  bond"  is a  bond,  debenture  or  preferred  share  which  may be
exchanged by the owner for common stock or another security, usually of the same
company, in accordance with the terms of the issue. A "warrant" confers upon its
holder the right to purchase an amount of  securities  at a particular  time and
price. Bonds rated Baa by Moody's or BBB by S&P have speculative characteristics
and  may be more  susceptible  than  higher  grade  bonds  to  adverse  economic
conditions  or other  adverse  circumstances  which  may  result  in a  weakened
capacity  to  make  principal  and  interest  payments.  See  Appendix  A to the
Prospectus for a description of corporate bond ratings.

The Fund may  invest in higher  yielding  debt  securities  in the lower  rating
(higher risk) categories of the recognized rating services (commonly referred to
as "junk  bonds");  however,  the Fund will  never hold more than 25% of its net
assets in junk bonds, which includes  securities rated Ba or lower by Moody's or
BB or lower by S&P. Such bonds are regarded as  predominantly  speculative  with
respect to the ability of the issuer to meet  principal  and interest  payments.
The Fund will not  invest in junk  bonds  which  are in  default  at the time of
purchase.  However,  the  Investment  Manager will not rely  principally  on the
ratings  assigned by the rating  services.  Because the Fund may invest in lower
rated or unrated securities of comparable quality, the achievement of the Fund's
investment  objective  may be more  dependent on the  Investment  Manager's  own
credit analysis than would be true if investing in higher rated securities.

The Fund may purchase securities which are obligations of, or guaranteed by, the
Dominion of Canada or provinces  thereof and debt securities  issued by Canadian
corporations.  Canadian  securities  will not be  purchased  if  subject  to the
foreign interest equalization tax and unless payable in U.S. currency.

The Fund may invest in Yankee CDs which are  Certificates of Deposit issued by a
U.S. branch of a foreign bank denominated in U.S. dollars and held in the United
States.  Yankee  CDs are  subject  to  somewhat  different  risks  than  are the
obligations  of  domestic  banks.  The Fund may also invest up to 25% of its net
assets in debt  securities  issued by foreign  governments,  their  agencies and
instrumentalities,  and foreign corporations,  provided that such securities are
denominated  in U.S.  dollars.  The Fund's  investment  in  foreign  securities,
including  Canadian  securities,  will not exceed 25% of the Fund's net  assets.
Investment in securities of foreign issuers  presents  certain risks,  including
future  political  and  economic  developments  and the possible  imposition  of
foreign  governmental  laws and  restrictions,  reduced  availability  of public
information  concerning  issuers,  and the fact  that  foreign  issuers  are not
generally  subject to  uniform  accounting,  auditing  and  financial  reporting
standards or to other regulatory practices and requirements  comparable to those
applicable to domestic issuers.

The  Fund  may  invest  in U.S.  Government  securities.  Some  U.S.  Government
securities,  such as Treasury  bills and bonds,  are supported by the full faith
and credit of the U.S. Treasury;  others,  such as those of the Federal National
Mortgage Association,  are supported by the discretionary  authority of the U.S.
Government to purchase the agency's  obligations;  still others such as those of
the Student Loan Marketing Association,  are supported only by the credit of the
instrumentality.  U.S.  Government  securities  include bills,  certificates  of
indebtedness,  notes  and  bonds  issued  by  the  Treasury  or by  agencies  or
instrumentalities  of the U.S.  Government.  The Fund  may also  invest  in zero
coupon securities which are debt securities that pay no cash income but are sold
at substantial  discounts from their face value.  Certain zero coupon securities
also provide for the  commencement  of regular  interest  payments at a deferred
date.

Diversified  Income  Fund may  invest  not more than 10% of its total  assets in
securities which are restricted as to disposition  under the federal  securities
laws.  The  Fund may  purchase  without  regard  to this  limitation  restricted
securities  which are  eligible  for  resale  pursuant  to Rule  144A  under the
Securities  Act of 1933 ("Rule 144A  Securities"),  subject to the Fund's policy
that not more than 15% of its net assets may be invested in illiquid securities.
See  "Investment  Methods  and  Risk  Factors"  for a  discussion  of Rule  144A
Securities.

The Fund may  invest  without  limit in MBSs,  including  mortgage  pass-through
securities and collateralized  mortgage  obligations (CMOs). The Fund may invest
up  to  10%  of  its  net  assets  in  securities  known  as  "inverse  floating
obligations,"   "residual   interest   bonds,"  or   "interest-only"   (IO)  and
"principal-only"  (PO) bonds,  the market values of which will generally be more
volatile than the market values of most MBSs.

The  Fund may also  invest  without  limit  in  investment  grade  "asset-backed
securities."  These include secured debt instruments backed by automobile loans,
credit card loans, home equity loans, manufactured housing loans and other types
of secured loans providing the source of both principal and interest.

The Fund may enter into interest rate and total return swap agreements.

Diversified  Income Fund may purchase  securities on a "when issued" or "delayed
delivery"  basis in  excess  of  customary  settlement  periods  for the type of
security  involved.  Securities  purchased on a when issued basis are subject to
market fluctuations and no interest or dividends accrue to the Fund prior to the
settlement date. The Fund will establish a segregated account with its custodian
bank in which  it will  maintain  cash or  liquid  securities  equal in value to
commitments for such when issued securities.

Diversified  Income Fund may invest in  repurchase  agreements  on an  overnight
basis. See the discussion of repurchase agreements under "Investment Methods and
Risk  Factors." The Fund may borrow money from banks as a temporary  measure for
emergency purposes or to facilitate redemption requests.  Borrowing is discussed
in more detail under "Investment  Methods and Risk Factors." Pending  investment
in  securities  or to  meet  potential  redemptions,  the  Fund  may  invest  in
certificates  of deposit,  bank demand  accounts and high  quality  money market
instruments.

From time to time,  Diversified Income Fund may invest part or all of its assets
in commercial notes or money market instruments.

HIGH YIELD FUND.  The  investment  objective  of High Yield Fund is to seek high
current  income.  Capital  appreciation is a secondary  objective.  Under normal
circumstances,  the  Fund  will  seek  its  investment  objective  by  investing
primarily in a broad range of income producing securities,  including (i) higher
yielding,  higher risk, debt securities  (commonly referred to as "junk bonds");
(ii) preferred stock;  (iii)  securities  issued by foreign  governments,  their
agencies and  instrumentalities,  and foreign  corporations,  provided that such
securities are  denominated in U.S.  dollars;  (iv)  mortgage-backed  securities
("MBSs"); (v) asset-backed  securities;  (vi) securities issued or guaranteed by
the U.S.  Government  or any of its  agencies  or  instrumentalities,  including
Treasury bills, certificates of indebtedness,  notes and bonds; (vii) securities
issued or  guaranteed  by, the Dominion of Canada or provinces  thereof;  (viii)
real estate investment  trusts;  and (ix) zero coupon  securities.  The Fund may
also invest up to 35% of its assets in common  stock  (which may include  ADRs),
warrants  and rights.  Under  normal  circumstances,  at least 65% of the Fund's
total assets will be invested in high-yielding, high risk debt securities.

High Yield Fund may invest up to 100% of its assets in debt securities  that, at
the time of purchase,  are rated below investment grade ("high yield securities"
or "junk  bonds"),  which  involve a high  degree of risk and are  predominantly
speculative.  For a  description  of debt ratings and a discussion  of the risks
associated  with  investing  in junk  bonds,  see  "Investment  Methods and Risk
Factors."  Included  in the debt  securities  which  the Fund may  purchase  are
convertible  bonds, or bonds with warrants  attached.  A "convertible bond" is a
bond,  debenture,  or  preferred  share which may be  exchanged by the owner for
common stock or another  security,  usually of the same  company,  in accordance
with the terms of the issue.  A "warrant"  confers  upon the holder the right to
purchase an amount of securities at a particular time and price. See "Investment
Methods and Risk  Factors" for a discussion  of the risks  associated  with such
securities.

High Yield Fund may purchase  securities which are obligations of, or guaranteed
by, the Dominion of Canada or provinces  thereof and debt  securities  issued by
Canadian  corporations.  Canadian securities will not be purchased if subject to
the foreign interest  equalization tax and unless payable in U.S.  dollars.  The
Fund may also invest in debt securities issued by foreign governments (including
Brady Bonds),  their  agencies and  instrumentalities  and foreign  corporations
(including those in emerging markets),  provided such securities are denominated
in U.S. dollars. The Fund's investment in foreign securities, excluding Canadian
securities, will not exceed 25% of the Fund's net assets. See "Investment Method
and Risk Factors" for a discussion  of the risks  associated  with  investing in
foreign securities and emerging markets.

High  Yield  Fund may  invest up to 25% of its total  assets in MBSs,  including
mortgage pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs).
The Fund may  invest in  securities  known as  "inverse  floating  obligations,"
"residual  interest  bonds," and "interest only" (IO) and "principal  only" (PO)
bonds,  the market  values of which  generally  will be more  volatile  than the
market values of most MBSs.  This is due to the fact that such  instruments  are
more sensitive to interest rate changes and to the rate of principal prepayments
than are most other MBSs. For a discussion of MBSs and the risks associated with
such securities, see "Investment Methods and Risk Factors."

The  Fund  may  also  invest  up to 15%  of  its  net  assets  in  "asset-backed
securities."  These include secured debt instruments backed by automobile loans,
credit card loans, home equity loans, manufactured housing loans and other types
of  secured  loans   providing  the  source  of  both  principal  and  interest.
Asset-backed  securities  are subject to risks similar to those  discussed  with
respect to MBSs. See "Investment Methods and Risk Factors."

The Fund may invest in U.S. Government  securities.  U.S. Government  securities
include  bills,  certificates  of  indebtedness,  notes and bonds  issued by the
Treasury or by agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S. Government.  High Yield
Fund may also invest in zero coupon  securities  which are debt  securities that
pay no cash income but are sold at substantial  discounts from their face value.
Certain  zero coupon  securities  also provide for the  commencement  of regular
interest payments at a deferred date.

High Yield Fund may invest not more than 10% of its total  assets in  securities
which are restricted as to disposition  under the federal  securities  laws. The
Fund may purchase without regard to this limitation  restricted securities which
are eligible for resale  pursuant to Rule 144A under the  Securities Act of 1933
("Rule 144A Securities"), subject to the Fund's policy that not more than 15% of
its total assets may be invested in illiquid securities. See "Investment Methods
and Risk Factors" for a discussion of restricted securities.

The Fund may purchase securities on "when issued" or "delayed delivery" basis in
excess of customary  settlement periods for the type of security  involved.  The
Fund may also purchase or sell  securities on a "forward  commitment"  basis and
may enter into  "repurchase  agreements",  "reverse  repurchase  agreements" and
"roll  transactions."  The Fund may lend  securities  to  broker-dealers,  other
institutions  or other persons to earn  additional  income.  The value of loaned
securities may not exceed 33 1/3% of the Fund's total assets.  In addition,  the
Fund  may  purchase  loans,  loan  participations  and  other  types  of  direct
indebtedness.

High Yield Fund may invest in real estate  investment trusts ("REITs") and other
real estate industry  investments.  See the discussion of real estate securities
under "Investment Methods and Risk Factors."

High Yield Fund may enter into  futures  contracts  (a type of  derivative)  (or
options thereon) to hedge all or a portion of its portfolio,  as a hedge against
changes in  prevailing  levels of  interest  rates or as an  efficient  means of
adjusting  its  exposure  to the  bond  market.  The Fund  will not use  futures
contracts  for  leveraging  purposes.  The Fund will  limit  its use of  futures
contracts so that initial margin deposits or premiums on such contracts used for
non-hedging  purposes will not equal more than 5% of the Fund's net asset value.
The Fund may purchase call and put options and write such options on a "covered"
basis.  The Fund may also enter into  interest rate and index swaps and purchase
or sell related  caps,  floors and collars.  The  aggregate  market value of the
Fund's portfolio  securities covering call or put options will not exceed 25% of
the  Fund's  net  assets.  See  "Investment  Methods  and  Risk  Factors"  for a
discussion of the risks associated with these types of investments.

As an operating  policy,  the Fund will not purchase  securities on margin.  The
Fund may,  however,  obtain such  short-term  credits as are  necessary  for the
clearance of purchases and sales of securities.  In addition, the Fund may enter
into certain derivative  transactions,  consistent with its investment  program,
which  require  the  deposit  of  "margin"  or a  premium  to  initiate  such  a
transaction.  As an operating  policy,  the Fund will not loan its assets to any
person or individual,  except by the purchase of bonds or other debt obligations
customarily  sold to  institutional  investors.  The  Fund  may,  however,  lend
portfolio  securities  as  described  in the  Prospectus  and this  statement of
additional   information.   In  addition,  the  Fund  does  not  interpret  this
restriction as prohibiting  investment in loan participations and assignments as
described in the Prospectus. As an operating policy, the Fund will not engage in
short sales.

The Fund's investment in warrants,  valued at the lower of cost or market,  will
not exceed 5% of the Fund's net assets.  Included within this amount, but not to
exceed 2% of the Fund's net assets,  may be warrants which are not listed on the
New York or American Stock Exchange.  Warrants  acquired by the Fund in units or
attached to securities may be deemed to be without value.

From time to time,  High Yield Fund may invest part or all of its assets in U.S.
Government  securities,  commercial  notes or money  market  instruments.  It is
anticipated  that the dollar  weighted  average  maturity of the Fund will range
from 5 to 15 years under normal circumstances.

SECURITY MUNICIPAL BOND FUND -- The investment  objective of Municipal Bond Fund
is to obtain as high a level of  interest  income  exempt from  regular  federal
income  taxes as is  consistent  with  preservation  of  stockholders'  capital.
Municipal Bond Fund attempts to achieve its objective by investing  primarily in
debt  securities,  the interest on which is exempt from regular  federal  income
taxes under the Internal  Revenue Code. The Fund may invest in securities  which
generate income that is subject to the federal alternative minimum tax. There is
no assurance that Municipal Bond Fund's objective will be achieved.

The  tax-exempt  securities in which  Municipal  Bond Fund invests  include debt
obligations issued by or on behalf of the states, territories and possessions of
the United States, the District of Columbia,  and their political  subdivisions,
agencies,  authorities and instrumentalities,  including multi-state agencies or
authorities.  These securities are referred to as "municipal securities" and are
described in more detail below.

Municipal  Bond  Fund's  investments  in  municipal  securities  are  limited to
securities of "investment  grade" quality,  that is securities  rated within the
four highest  rating  categories of Moody's (Aaa,  Aa, A, Baa), S&P (AAA, AA, A,
BBB) or Fitch  (AAA,  AA, A, BBB),  except  that the Fund may  purchase  unrated
municipal securities (i) where the securities are guaranteed as to principal and
interest by the full faith and credit of the U.S.  government or are  short-term
municipal  securities (those having a maturity of less than one year) of issuers
having  outstanding  at the time of purchase an issue of municipal  bonds having
one of  the  four  highest  ratings,  or  (ii)  where,  in  the  opinion  of the
Sub-Adviser,  Salomon  Brothers  Asset  Management  Inc,  the unrated  municipal
securities are  comparable in quality to those within the four highest  ratings.
However,  Municipal  Bond Fund will not purchase an unrated  municipal  security
(other than a security  described  in (i) above) if, after such  purchase,  more
than 20% of the Fund's total assets would be invested in such unrated  municipal
securities.

With  respect to rated  securities,  there is no  percentage  limitation  on the
amount of  Municipal  Bond Fund's  assets  which may be  invested in  securities
within any  particular  rating  classification.  A description of the ratings is
contained in Appendix B to the Prospectus. Baa securities are considered "medium
grade"  obligations by Moody's,  and BBB is the lowest  classification  which is
still  considered an "investment  grade" rating by S&P and Fitch. Baa securities
are  described  by  Moody's  as  obligations  on which  "interest  payments  and
principal  security  appear  adequate  for the present  but  certain  protective
elements may be lacking or may be  characteristically  unreliable over any great
length of time." According to Moody's,  "such bonds lack outstanding  investment
characteristics and in fact have speculative characteristics as well." According
to Fitch,  "adverse changes in economic  conditions and  circumstances  are more
likely to have  adverse  impact on these  bonds,  and  therefore  impair  timely
payment."  The  ratings of Moody's,  S&P and Fitch  represent  their  respective
opinions  of the  quality  of the  securities  they  undertake  to rate and such
ratings are general and are not absolute standards of quality.

Although   Municipal  Bond  Fund  invests  primarily  in  municipal  bonds  with
maturities  greater than one year,  it also will invest for various  purposes in
short-term  (maturity equal to or less than one year)  securities  which, to the
extent practicable,  will be short-term  municipal  securities.  (See "Municipal
Securities,"  below.) Short-term  investments may be made, pending investment of
funds in municipal  bonds,  in order to maintain  liquidity  to meet  redemption
requests,  or to maintain a temporary  "defensive"  investment position when, in
the opinion of the  Investment  Manager,  it is advisable to do so on account of
current or anticipated market conditions. Except when in a temporary "defensive"
position,  investments in short-term  municipal  securities  will represent less
than 20% of the Fund's total assets.

From time to time,  on a  temporary  basis,  Municipal  Bond Fund may  invest in
fixed-income obligations on which the interest is subject to federal income tax.
Except when the Fund is in a temporary "defensive"  investment position, it will
not  purchase  a taxable  security  if, as a result,  more than 20% of its total
assets would be invested in taxable securities. This limitation is a fundamental
policy of Municipal Bond Fund, and may not be changed without a majority vote of
the Fund's outstanding securities. Temporary taxable investments of the Fund may
consist  of  obligations  issued or  guaranteed  by the U.S.  government  or its
agencies or  instrumentalities,  commercial  paper rated A-1 by S&P,  Prime-1 by
Moody's or F-1 by Fitch,  corporate obligations rated AAA or AA by S&P and Fitch
or Aaa or Aa by  Moody's,  certificates  of deposit or bankers'  acceptances  of
domestic  banks or thrifts  with at least $2 billion  in assets,  or  repurchase
agreements  with  such  banks or with  broker/dealers.  Municipal  Bond Fund may
invest  its  assets  in  bank  demand  accounts,  pending  investment  in  other
securities or to meet potential  redemptions or expenses.  Repurchase agreements
may be entered into with respect to any  securities  eligible for  investment by
the  Fund,  including  municipal  securities.  The Fund may also  invest in zero
coupon securities which are debt securities that pay no cash income but are sold
at substantial  discounts from their face value.  Certain zero coupon securities
also provide for the  commencement  of regular  interest  payments at a deferred
date.

Municipal Bond Fund may invest in repurchase  agreements which are agreements by
which  a  purchaser  (e.g.,   Municipal  Bond  Fund)  acquires  a  security  and
simultaneously  commits  to  resell  that  security  to the  seller  (a  bank or
broker/dealer) at an agreed upon price on an agreed upon date within a number of
days  (usually not more than seven) from the date of purchase.  Income earned by
the Fund on repurchase  agreements is not exempt from federal income tax even if
the transaction involves municipal securities. Municipal Bond Fund may not enter
into a repurchase  agreement  having more than seven days  remaining to maturity
if, as a result,  such agreements,  together with any other securities which are
illiquid or not readily marketable,  would exceed 10% of the total assets of the
Fund. See the discussion of repurchase  agreements under "Investment Methods and
Risk Factors."

Municipal  Bond Fund may  borrow  money from banks as a  temporary  measure  for
emergency purposes or to facilitate redemption requests.  Borrowing is discussed
in more detail under "Investment  Methods and Risk Factors." Pending  investment
in  securities  or to  meet  potential  redemptions,  the  Fund  may  invest  in
certificates  of deposit,  bank demand  accounts and high  quality  money market
instruments.

Municipal  Bond  Fund  may  purchase  or  sell  futures  contracts  on (a)  debt
securities that are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S.  Government,
such as long-term U.S.  Treasury Bonds and Treasury Notes and (b) municipal bond
indices. Currently at least one exchange trades futures contracts on an index of
long-term  municipal  bonds,  and the Fund reserves to right to conduct  futures
transactions based on an index which may be developed in the future to correlate
with price movements in municipal  obligations.  It is not presently anticipated
that any of these  strategies will be used to a significant  degree by the Fund.
For further information regarding futures contracts, see "Investment Methods and
Risk Factors."

See Appendix B to the Prospectus for a further  description of Moody's,  S&P and
Fitch ratings relating to municipal securities. As noted earlier, when Municipal
Bond  Fund is in a  temporary  "defensive"  position,  there  is no limit on its
investments in short-term municipal securities and taxable securities.

MUNICIPAL SECURITIES.

MUNICIPAL  BONDS.  Municipal bonds are debt  obligations  which generally have a
maturity  at the time of issue in excess of one year.  They are issued to obtain
funds for various public  purposes,  including  construction  of a wide range of
public  facilities  such  as  bridges,   highways,   housing,   hospitals,  mass
transportation,  schools,  streets,  and  water and sewer  works.  Other  public
purposes  for which  municipal  bonds may be issued  include  the  refunding  of
outstanding  obligations,  obtaining  funds for general  operating  expenses and
obtaining  funds  to  loan to  other  public  institutions  and  facilities.  In
addition,  certain  types of  industrial  development  bonds and  other  private
activity bonds are issued by or on behalf of public  authorities to obtain funds
to provide for privately-operated housing facilities, and certain facilities for
water supply, gas, electricity or sewage or solid waste disposal.

The two principal  classifications  of municipal bonds are "general  obligation"
and "revenue" bonds. General obligation bonds are secured by the issuer's pledge
of its full  faith,  credit and taxing  power for the payment of  principal  and
interest.  Revenue  bonds are  payable  only from the  revenues  derived  from a
particular facility or class of facilities, or, in some cases, from the proceeds
of a special excise or specific revenue source.  Revenue  securities may include
private  activity  bonds.  Such  bonds  may be  issued by or on behalf of public
authorities to finance various privately operated facilities and are not payable
from the unrestricted revenues of the issuer. As a result, the credit quality of
private activity bonds is frequently  related directly to the credit standing of
private  corporations  or other entities.  In addition,  the interest on private
activity bonds issued after August 7, 1986 is subject to the federal alternative
minimum tax. The Fund will not be restricted  with respect to the  proportion of
its assets that may be invested in such obligations.  Accordingly,  the Fund may
not be a suitable  investment  vehicle for individuals or corporations  that are
subject to the federal  alternative  minimum tax.  Municipal  Bond Fund will not
invest  more than 5% of its net assets in  securities  where the  principal  and
interest are the  responsibility of a private  corporation or other entity which
has, including predecessors, less than three years' operational history.

There are,  depending on numerous  factors,  variations in the risks involved in
holding municipal securities, both within a particular rating classification and
between  classifications.  The market values of outstanding municipal bonds will
vary as a result of the  rating of the issue  and  changing  evaluations  of the
ability of the issuer to meet  interest  and  principal  payments.  Such  market
values will also change in response to changes in the interest  rates payable on
new issues of municipal  bonds.  Should such interest  rates rise, the values of
outstanding  bonds,  including  those held in Municipal  Bond Fund's  portfolio,
would decline;  should such interest  rates  decline,  the values of outstanding
bonds would increase.

As a result of litigation or other  factors,  the power or ability of issuers of
municipal  securities  to pay  principal  and/or  interest  might  be  adversely
affected.  Municipal  securities  are subject to the  provisions of  bankruptcy,
insolvency and other laws  affecting the rights and remedies of creditors,  such
as the  Federal  Bankruptcy  Code,  and laws,  if any,  which may be  enacted by
Congress or state  legislatures  extending  the time for payment of principal or
interest  or both,  or  imposing  other  constraints  upon  enforcement  of such
obligations or upon the power of municipalities to levy taxes.

Municipal  Bond Fund may  invest  without  percentage  limitations  in issues of
municipal securities which have similar characteristics, such as the location of
their  issuers  in the same  geographic  region or the  derivation  of  interest
payments  from  revenues on similar  projects  (for  example,  electric  utility
systems,  hospitals, or housing finance agencies). Thus, Municipal Bond Fund may
invest more than 25% of its total assets in securities issued in a single state.
However,  it may not invest more than 25% of its total  assets in one  industry.
(See  "Investment  Policy  Limitations,"  page  24.)  Consequently,  the  Fund's
portfolio  of  municipal  securities  may be more  susceptible  to the  risks of
adverse economic,  political,  or regulatory developments than would be the case
with a portfolio of securities  required to be more diversified as to geographic
region and/or source of revenue.

Interest on certain types of private activity bonds (for example, obligations to
finance  certain  exempt  facilities  which may be leased to or used by  persons
other than the issuer) will not be exempt from federal  income tax when received
by "substantial  users" or persons related to "substantial  users" as defined in
the Internal Revenue Code. The term  "substantial  user" generally  includes any
"non-exempt person" who regularly uses in trade or business a part of a facility
financed from the proceeds of private  activity  bonds.  Municipal Bond Fund may
invest  periodically  in private  activity bonds and,  therefore,  may not be an
appropriate  investment for entities which are  substantial  users of facilities
financed by those bonds or "related persons" of substantial users. Generally, an
individual  will not be a related  person of a  substantial  user under the Code
unless the person or his immediate family (spouse,  brothers, sisters and lineal
descendants) directly or indirectly owns in the aggregate more than 50% in value
of the equity of the substantial user.

From  time to time,  proposals  have been  introduced  before  Congress  for the
purpose of  restricting  or  eliminating  the federal  income tax  exemption for
interest on future  issues of  municipal  securities.  It can be  expected  that
similar  proposals  may be  introduced  in the future.  If such a proposal  were
enacted,  the  availability of municipal  securities for investment by Municipal
Bond Fund and the  value of the  Fund's  portfolio  would be  affected.  In that
event,  the  Directors  would  reevaluate  the Fund's  investment  objective and
policies.

WHEN-ISSUED  PURCHASES.  From time to time, in the ordinary  course of business,
Municipal  Bond Fund may  purchase  municipal  securities  on a  when-issued  or
delayed  delivery  basis--i.e.,  delivery  and payment can take place a month or
more after the date of the transactions.  Securities so purchased are subject to
market  fluctuation and no interest accrues to the purchaser during this period.
At the time the Fund makes the commitment to purchase a municipal  security on a
when-issued  or delayed  delivery  basis,  it will  record the  transaction  and
thereafter  reflect the value,  each day, of the security in determining its net
asset value.  Municipal Bond Fund will also establish a segregated  account with
its custodian bank in which it will maintain cash or liquid  securities equal in
value to  commitments  for such  when-issued  or  delayed  delivery  securities.
Municipal  Bond Fund does not believe that its net asset value or income will be
adversely  affected by its purchase of municipal  securities on a when-issued or
delayed delivery basis. Upon the settlement date of the when-issued  securities,
the Fund  ordinarily  will meet its obligation to purchase the  securities  from
available cash flow, use of the cash (or liquidation of securities)  held in the
segregated  account or sale of other securities.  Although it would not normally
expect  to do so,  the Fund  also may meet its  obligation  from the sale of the
when-issued securities themselves (which may have a current market value greater
or less than the Fund's  payment  obligation).  Sale of  securities to meet such
obligations  carries  with it a greater  potential  for the  realization  of net
capital gains, which are not exempt from federal income tax.

PUTS OR STAND-BY  COMMITMENTS.  Municipal Bond Fund may purchase,  from banks or
broker/dealers,  municipal  securities  together  with the right to  resell  the
securities  to the seller at an  agreed-upon  price or yield  within a specified
period prior to the maturity date of the  securities.  Such a right to resell is
commonly known as a "put" and is also referred to as a "stand-by  commitment" on
the  part of the  seller.  The  price  which  the Fund  pays  for the  municipal
securities with puts generally is higher than the price which otherwise would be
paid for the  municipal  securities  alone.  Municipal  Bond  Fund uses puts for
liquidity  purposes  in order to permit  it to remain  more  fully  invested  in
municipal  securities  than would  otherwise  be the case by  providing  a ready
market for certain municipal securities in its portfolio at an acceptable price.
The put  generally  is for a shorter  term than the  maturity  of the  municipal
security and does not  restrict in any way the Fund's  ability to dispose of (or
retain) the municipal security.

In order to ensure that the interest on municipal  securities subject to puts is
tax-exempt to the Fund, it will limit its use of puts in accordance with current
interpretations  or rulings of the Internal  Revenue Service (IRS).  The IRS has
issued a ruling  (Rev.  Rul.  82-144) in which it  determined  that a  regulated
investment  company was the owner,  for tax  purposes,  of municipal  securities
subject to puts (with the result  that  interest on those  securities  would not
lose its tax-exempt  status when paid to the company).  The IRS position in Rev.
Rul. 82-144 relates to a particular  factual  situation,  in which (i) the price
paid for the puts  was in  addition  to the  price of the  municipal  securities
subject  to the puts,  (ii) the puts  established  the price at which the seller
must repurchase the securities, (iii) the puts were nonassignable and terminated
upon disposal of the underlying  securities by the Fund,  (iv) the puts were for
periods substantially less than the terms of the underlying securities,  (v) the
puts  did  not  include  call  arrangements  or  restrict  the  disposal  of the
underlying  securities  by the  Fund  and  gave  the  seller  no  rights  in the
underlying securities, and (vi) the securities were acquired by the Fund for its
own account and not as security for a loan from the seller.

Because it is difficult to evaluate the  likelihood of exercise or the potential
benefit of a put, puts will be determined to have a "value" of zero,  regardless
of whether  any  direct or  indirect  consideration  was paid.  Amounts  paid by
Municipal  Bond Fund for a put will be reflected as unrealized  depreciation  in
the underlying  security for the period during which the commitment is held, and
therefore will reduce any potential gains on the sale of the underlying security
by the cost of the put.  There is a risk  that the  seller of the put may not be
able to repurchase the security upon exercise of the put by the Fund.

SHORT-TERM  MUNICIPAL  SECURITIES.  Although  Municipal  Bond  Fund's  portfolio
generally will consist primarily of municipal bonds, for liquidity purposes, and
from  time to time for  defensive  purposes,  a  portion  of its  assets  may be
invested in short-term municipal securities (i.e., those with less than one year
remaining to maturity).

Short-term  municipal  securities  consist  of  short-term  municipal  notes and
short-term  municipal loans and obligations,  including  municipal paper, master
demand notes and variable-rate demand notes.  Short-term municipal notes include
tax  anticipation  notes  (notes  issued in  anticipation  of the receipt of tax
funds),  bond anticipation notes (notes issued in anticipation of receipt of the
proceeds  of bond  placements),  revenue  anticipation  notes  (notes  issued in
anticipation  of the receipt of revenues  other than taxes or bond  placements),
and  project  notes  (obligations  of  municipal  housing  agencies on which the
payment of  principal  and interest  ordinarily  is backed by the full faith and
credit of the U.S.  government).  Municipal paper typically consists of the very
short-term unsecured negotiable promissory notes of municipal issuers.

The Fund may invest in tax-exempt master demand notes. A municipal master demand
note is an  arrangement  under which the Fund  participates  in a note agreement
between a bank acting on behalf of its clients and a municipal borrower, whereby
amounts  maintained  by the Fund in an account with the bank are provided to the
municipal  borrower  and  payments of  interest  and  principal  on the note are
credited to the Fund's account.  Interest rates on master demand notes typically
are tied to market  interest  rates,  and  therefore may  fluctuate  daily.  The
amounts  borrowed  under these  notes may be repaid at any time by the  borrower
without penalty, and must be repaid upon the demand of Municipal Bond Fund.

Municipal Bond Fund may also invest in variable-rate demand notes. Variable-rate
demand  notes are  tax-exempt  obligations  which are  payable by the  municipal
issuer at par value plus accrued  interest on demand by the Fund (generally with
three to ten days'  notice).  If no demand  is made,  the note will  mature on a
specified  date from one to thirty years from its issuance.  Payment on the note
may be backed by a  stand-by  letter of  credit.  The yield on a  variable  rate
demand note is adjusted automatically to reflect a particular market rate (which
may not be the same market rate as that  applicable  to a master  demand  note).
Variable-rate  demand  notes  typically  are  callable  by the  issuer  prior to
maturity.

Where  short-term  municipal  securities are rated, the Municipal Bond Fund will
limit its investments to "high quality"  short-term  securities.  For short-term
municipal notes this includes  ratings of SP-2 or better by S&P, MIG 2 or better
(or VMIG-2 or better,  in the case of variable  rate demand notes) by Moody's or
F-2 or better by Fitch;  for municipal paper this includes A-2 or better by S&P,
Prime-2  or better by  Moody's  or F-2 or  better by Fitch.  Unrated  short-term
municipal  securities will be included  within the Fund's overall  limitation on
investments in unrated municipal  securities.  This limitation provides that not
more than 20% of  Municipal  Bond Fund's total assets may be invested in unrated
municipal securities, exclusive of unrated securities which are guaranteed as to
principal  and interest by the full faith and credit of the U.S.  government  or
are issued by an issuer having  outstanding  an issue of municipal  bonds within
one of the four highest ratings classifications.

Municipal  Bond Fund also may engage to a limited  extent in  portfolio  trading
consistent with its investment objective. Securities may be sold in anticipation
of a market decline (a rise in interest rates) or purchased in anticipation of a
market  rise (a decline  in  interest  rates) and later  sold.  In  addition,  a
security  may  be  sold  and  another  of   comparable   quality   purchased  at
approximately  the same time to take advantage of what the Fund believes to be a
temporary disparity in the normal yield relationship between the two securities.
These  yield  disparities  may occur for  reasons  not  directly  related to the
investment  quality of a  particular  issue or the general  movement of interest
rates, such as changes in the overall demand for, or supply of, various types of
municipal securities.

SECURITY CASH FUND -- The investment objective of Cash Fund is to seek as high a
level of current  income as is  consistent  with  preservation  of  capital  and
liquidity. No assurances can be given that Cash Fund will achieve its objective.
The Fund will attempt to achieve its  objective by investing at least 95% of its
total assets, measured at the time of investment,  in a diversified portfolio of
highest quality money market instruments.  Cash Fund may also invest up to 5% of
its  total  assets,  measured  at  the  time  of  investment,  in  money  market
instruments that are in the  second-highest  rating category for short-term debt
obligations.  Money market  instruments in which Cash Fund may invest consist of
the following:

U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Obligations issued or guaranteed (as to principal or
interest) by the United  States  Government  or its agencies  (such as the Small
Business  Administration,  the Federal  Housing  Administration  and  Government
National Mortgage  Association) or instrumentalities  (such as Federal Home Loan
Banks and Federal Land Banks) and  instruments  fully  collateralized  with such
obligations.

BANK OBLIGATIONS. Obligations of banks or savings and loan associations that are
members of the Federal  Deposit  Insurance  Corporation  and  instruments  fully
collateralized with such obligations.

CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS. Commercial paper issued by corporations and rated Prime-1
or Prime-2 by Moody's, or A-1 or A-2 by S&P, or other corporate debt instruments
rated Aaa or Aa or better by Moody's  or AAA or AA or better by S&P,  subject to
the  limitations  on  investment in  instruments  in the  second-highest  rating
category, discussed below.

Cash Fund may invest in  certificates  of deposit  issued by banks or other bank
demand  accounts,  pending  investment in other  securities or to meet potential
redemptions or expenses.

Cash Fund may invest only in U.S. dollar  denominated  money market  instruments
that present  minimal  credit risk and, with respect to 95% of its total assets,
measured  at the  time of  investment,  that  are of the  highest  quality.  The
Investment  Manager will determine  whether a security  presents  minimal credit
risk under procedures adopted by the Fund's Board of Directors.  A security will
be considered to be highest quality (1) if rated in the highest rating category,
(e.g., Aaa or Prime-1 by Moody's or AAA or A-1 by S&P) by (i) any two nationally
recognized  statistical  rating  organizations  ("NRSRO's") or, (ii) if rated by
only one NRSRO,  by that NRSRO;  (2) if issued by an issuer that has  short-term
debt  obligations of comparable  maturity,  priority,  and security and that are
rated in the highest rating category by (i) any two NRSRO's or, (ii) if rated by
only one NRSRO, by that NRSRO; or (3) an unrated  security that is of comparable
quality to a security  in the  highest  rating  category  as  determined  by the
Investment Manager. With respect to 5% of its total assets, measured at the time
of investment, Cash Fund may also invest in money market instruments that are in
the second-highest  rating category for short-term debt obligations (e.g., rated
Aa or Prime-2 by Moody's or AA or A-2 by S&P). A money market instrument will be
considered  to be in the  second-highest  rating  category  under  the  criteria
described  above with respect to  instruments  considered  highest  quality,  as
applied to instruments in the second-highest rating category.  See Appendix A to
the  Prospectus  for a  description  of the principal  types of  securities  and
instruments  in which the Fund will invest as well as a description of the above
mentioned ratings.

Cash Fund may not invest more than 5% of its total assets,  measured at the time
of  investment,  in the  securities  of any one issuer  that are of the  highest
quality  or more  than the  greater  of 1% of its total  assets  or  $1,000,000,
measured at the time of investment,  in securities of any one issuer that are in
the  second-highest  rating category,  except that these  limitations  shall not
apply to U.S. Government  securities.  The Fund may exceed the 5% limitation for
up to three business days after the purchase of the securities of any one issuer
that  are of  the  highest  quality,  provided  that  the  Fund  does  not  have
outstanding  at any time more  than one such  investment.  In the event  that an
instrument acquired by Cash Fund is downgraded,  the Investment  Manager,  under
procedures  approved by the Board of Directors,  shall promptly reassess whether
such  security  presents  minimal  credit risk and  determine  whether or not to
retain the  instrument,  or Investment  Manager may forego the  reassessment  of
credit risk if the security is disposed of or matures  within five business days
of downgrade and the Board is subsequently  notified of the Investment Manager's
actions.  In the event that an instrument  acquired by Cash Fund ceases to be of
the quality that is eligible for the Fund,  the Fund shall  promptly  dispose of
the  instrument in an orderly  manner  unless the Board of Directors  determines
that this would not be in the best interests of the Fund.

Cash Fund may acquire one or more of the above  types of  securities  subject to
repurchase agreements.  A repurchase transaction involves a purchase by the Fund
of a security from a selling financial institution,  such as a bank, savings and
loan association or broker/dealer, which agrees to repurchase such security at a
specified  price and at a fixed time in the future,  usually not more than seven
days from the date of purchase. Not more than 10% of Cash Fund's net assets will
be  invested  in illiquid  assets,  which  include  repurchase  agreements  with
maturities of more than seven days. See the discussion of repurchase  agreements
under "Investment Methods and Risk Factors."

Cash Fund may borrow  money  from banks as a  temporary  measure  for  emergency
purposes or to facilitate  redemption  requests.  Borrowing is discussed in more
detail  under  "Investment  Methods and Risk  Factors."  Pending  investment  in
securities or to meet potential redemptions, the Fund may invest in certificates
of deposit, bank demand accounts and high quality money market instruments.

Cash Fund may also invest in guaranteed  investment contracts ("GICs") issued by
insurance companies,  subject to the Fund's policy that not more than 10% of the
Fund's total assets will be invested in illiquid  assets.  See the discussion of
GICs under "Investment Methods and Risk Factors."

RULE 144A  SECURITIES.  Certain of the  securities  acquired by Cash Fund may be
restricted as to disposition under federal  securities laws,  provided that such
restricted  securities  are  eligible  for  resale  to  qualified  institutional
investors  pursuant  to  Rule  144A  under  the  Securities  Act  of  1933  (the
"Securities  Act"). Rule 144A provides a nonexclusive safe harbor exemption from
the  registration  requirements  of the Securities Act for the resale of certain
securities to certain qualified buyers.  One of the primary purposes of the Rule
is to create some resale  liquidity for certain  securities that would otherwise
be treated as illiquid investments. In accordance with Cash Fund's policies, the
Fund is not  permitted  to invest  more than 10% of its net  assets in  illiquid
securities. See the discussion of Rule 144A Securities under "Investment Methods
and Risk Factors."

VARIABLE RATE INSTRUMENTS.  Cash Fund may invest in instruments  having rates of
interest that are adjusted periodically according to a specified market rate for
such investments ("Variable Rate Instruments").  The interest rate on a Variable
Rate Instrument is ordinarily determined by reference to, or is a percentage of,
an objective  standard  such as a bank's prime rate or the 91-day U.S.  Treasury
Bill rate. Cash Fund does not purchase  certain  Variable Rate  Instruments that
have a preset cap above which the rate of interest may not rise. Generally,  the
changes in the interest rate on Variable Rate Instruments reduce the fluctuation
in the market value of such securities.  Accordingly, as interest rates decrease
or increase, the potential for capital appreciation or depreciation is less than
for fixed-rate  obligations.  Cash Fund determines the maturity of Variable Rate
Instruments  in accordance  with Rule 2a-7 under the  Investment  Company Act of
1940 which  allows the Fund  generally  to consider  the  maturity  date of such
instruments  to be the  period  remaining  until  the next  readjustment  of the
interest rate rather than the maturity date on the face of the instrument.

While  Cash Fund does not  intend to  engage in  short-term  trading,  portfolio
securities  may be sold without regard to the length of time that they have been
held. A portfolio  security could be sold prior to maturity to take advantage of
new investment  opportunities  or yield  differentials,  or to preserve gains or
limit losses due to changing economic  conditions or the financial  condition of
the  issuer,  or for other  reasons.  While Cash Fund is expected to have a high
portfolio turnover due to the short maturities of its portfolio securities, this
should  not  affect  the  Fund's  income  or net  asset  value  since  brokerage
commissions  are not normally  paid in  connection  with the purchase or sale of
money market instruments.

Cash Fund will invest in money market  instruments of varying maturities (but no
longer than 13 months) in an effort to earn as high a level of current income as
is consistent with  preservation  of capital and liquidity.  The Fund intends to
maintain a weighted  average maturity in its portfolio of not more than 90 days.
In  addition  to  general  market  risks,   Fund  investments  in  nongovernment
obligations are subject to the ability of the issuer to satisfy its obligations.

Cash  Fund  also  intends  to  maintain  a net  asset  value per share of $1.00,
although  there can be no  assurance  it will be able to do so. It is the Fund's
policy to  declare  dividends  on a daily  basis of an  amount  equal to the net
income plus or minus any realized  capital gains or losses.  (See "Dividends and
Taxes," page 44.)

INVESTMENT METHODS AND RISK FACTORS

Some  of the  risk  factors  related  to  certain  securities,  instruments  and
techniques  that may be used by one or more of the  Funds are  described  in the
sections of the Prospectus  entitled "Funds' Principal  Investment  Strategies,"
"Main Risks" and "Investment  Policies and Management  Practices." The following
is  a  description  of  certain  additional  risk  factors  related  to  various
securities,  instruments  and  techniques.  The risks so described only apply to
those Funds which may invest in such  securities  and  instruments  or which use
such  techniques.  Also  included  is a  general  description  of  some  of  the
investment instruments,  techniques and methods which may be used by one or more
of the Funds. The methods described only apply to those Funds which may use such
methods.  Although a Fund may employ the  techniques,  instruments  and  methods
described below,  consistent with its investment  objective and policies and any
applicable law, no Fund will be required to do so.

GENERAL RISK FACTORS -- Each Fund's net asset value will  fluctuate,  reflecting
fluctuations in the market value of its portfolio positions.  The value of fixed
income securities held by the Funds generally fluctuates inversely with interest
rate  movements.  In other words,  bond prices  generally fall as interest rates
rise and generally  rise as interest  rates fall.  Longer term bonds held by the
Funds are subject to greater  interest rate risk. There is no assurance that any
Fund will achieve its investment objective.

REPURCHASE  AGREEMENTS,  REVERSE REPURCHASE  AGREEMENTS AND ROLL TRANSACTIONS --
Each of the Funds may enter into repurchase  agreements.  Repurchase  agreements
are  transactions  in which the  purchaser  buys a debt  security from a bank or
recognized securities dealer and simultaneously  commits to resell that security
to the bank or dealer at an agreed upon price,  date and market rate of interest
unrelated to the coupon rate or maturity of the purchased  security.  Repurchase
agreements  are  considered  to be  loans  which  must be  fully  collateralized
including  interest  earned thereon during the entire term of the agreement.  If
the  institution  defaults  on the  repurchase  agreement,  the Fund will retain
possession of the underlying securities. If bankruptcy proceedings are commenced
with respect to the seller,  realization  on the  collateral  by the Fund may be
delayed or limited and the Fund may incur  additional  costs.  In such case, the
Fund will be subject to risks  associated  with  changes in market  value of the
collateral securities. The Fund intends to enter into repurchase agreements only
with  banks  and  broker/dealers  believed  to  present  minimal  credit  risks.
Accordingly,  the Funds  will  enter into  repurchase  agreements  only with (a)
brokers  having  total  capitalization  of at least $40  million  and a ratio of
aggregate indebtedness to net capital of no more than 4 to 1, or, alternatively,
net capital  equal to 6% of  aggregate  debit  balances,  or (b) banks having at
least $1 billion  in assets  and a net worth of at least $100  million as of its
most recent annual report.  In addition,  the aggregate  repurchase price of all
repurchase  agreements  held by the Fund with any broker shall not exceed 15% of
the total assets of the Fund or $5 million, whichever is greater.

The High Yield Fund may also enter into reverse  repurchase  agreements with the
same parties with whom it may enter into repurchase agreements.  Under a reverse
repurchase  agreement,  the Fund would sell  securities  and agree to repurchase
them at a  particular  price at a future  date.  Reverse  repurchase  agreements
involve  the risk that the market  value of the  securities  retained in lieu of
sale by a Fund may decline below the price of the  securities  the Fund has sold
but is obligated to  repurchase.  In the event the buyer of  securities  under a
reverse  repurchase  agreement files for bankruptcy or becomes  insolvent,  such
buyer or its trustee or receiver  may receive an  extension of time to determine
whether to enforce the Fund's  obligation to repurchase the securities,  and the
Fund's use of the proceeds of the reverse  repurchase  agreement may effectively
be restricted pending such decision.

The High Yield Fund also may enter into "dollar  rolls," in which the Fund sells
fixed income  securities  for delivery in the current  month and  simultaneously
contracts to repurchase  substantially  similar (same type, coupon and maturity)
securities on a specified  future date.  During the roll period,  the Fund would
forego  principal  and  interest  paid on such  securities.  The  Fund  would be
compensated  by the  difference  between the current sales price and the forward
price for the future  purchase,  as well as by the  interest  earned on the cash
proceeds of the initial sale.

BORROWING  -- Each of the Funds  may  borrow  money  from  banks as a  temporary
measure for emergency purposes, or to facilitate redemption requests.

From time to time, it may be  advantageous  for the Funds to borrow money rather
than sell existing portfolio positions to meet redemption requests. Accordingly,
the Funds may borrow from banks and High Yield Fund may borrow  through  reverse
repurchase  agreements  and "roll"  transactions,  in  connection  with  meeting
requests for the redemption of Fund shares.  As an operating  policy,  each Fund
may borrow up to 10% of total Fund assets. In addition to this operating policy,
Cash Fund may not purchase  securities while borrowings equal to 5% of its total
assets are outstanding.  To the extent that a Fund purchases securities while it
has outstanding borrowings,  it is using leverage, i.e. using borrowed funds for
investment.  Leveraging  will  exaggerate  the effect on net asset  value of any
increase or decrease in the market value of a Fund's  portfolio.  Money borrowed
for  leveraging  will  be  subject  to  interest  costs  that  may or may not be
recovered  by  appreciation  of the  securities  purchased;  in  certain  cases,
interest  costs may exceed the return  received on the securities  purchased.  A
Fund also may be required to maintain  minimum  average  balances in  connection
with such  borrowing or to pay a  commitment  or other fee to maintain a line of
credit;  either of these  requirements would increase the cost of borrowing over
the stated  interest  rate.  It is not  expected  that Cash Fund would  purchase
securities while it had borrowings outstanding.

LENDING OF PORTFOLIO SECURITIES -- For the purpose of generating income, certain
of the Funds may make  secured  loans of Fund  securities  amounting to not more
than 33 1/3% of its total assets.  Securities loans are made to  broker/dealers,
institutional  investors, or other persons pursuant to agreements requiring that
the loans be  continuously  secured by collateral at least equal at all times to
the value of the  securities  loaned  marked to  market  on a daily  basis.  The
collateral received will consist of cash, U.S. Government securities, letters of
credit  or such  other  collateral  as may be  permitted  under  its  investment
program.  While the  securities  are being  loaned,  the Fund will  continue  to
receive the  equivalent  of the interest or dividends  paid by the issuer on the
securities,  as well as interest on the  investment  of the  collateral or a fee
from  the  borrower.  The  Fund has a right to call  each  loan and  obtain  the
securities  on five  business  days' notice or, in  connection  with  securities
trading on foreign  markets,  within such longer period of time which  coincides
with the normal  settlement period for purchases and sales of such securities in
such foreign markets.  The Fund will not have the right to vote securities while
they are being loaned,  but it will call a loan in anticipation of any important
vote. The risks in lending  portfolio  securities,  as with other  extensions of
secured credit,  consist of possible delay in receiving additional collateral or
in the recovery of the  securities or possible loss of rights in the  collateral
should the borrower fail financially.  Loans will only be made to persons deemed
by the Investment Manager to be of good standing and will not be made unless, in
the judgment of the Investment Manager, the consideration to be earned from such
loans would justify the risk.

GUARANTEED  INVESTMENT  CONTRACTS ("GICS") -- Certain of the Funds may invest in
GICs.  When  investing in GICs, the Fund makes cash  contributions  to a deposit
fund of an insurance  company's  general  account.  The  insurance  company then
credits  guaranteed  interest to the deposit fund on a monthly  basis.  The GICs
provide that this  guaranteed  interest will not be less than a certain  minimum
rate.  The  insurance  company  may assess  periodic  charges  against a GIC for
expenses  and service  costs  allocable  to it, and the charges will be deducted
from the value of the deposit fund.  Cash Fund may invest only in GICs that have
received the  requisite  ratings by one or more  NRSROs.  Because a Fund may not
receive  the  principal  amount of a GIC from the  insurance  company on 7 days'
notice or less,  the GIC is considered an illiquid  investment.  In  determining
average  portfolio  maturity,  GICs  generally will be deemed to have a maturity
equal  to the  period  of time  remaining  until  the next  readjustment  of the
guaranteed interest rate.

RESTRICTED   SECURITIES  (RULE  144A  SECURITIES)  --The  Funds  may  invest  in
restricted securities which are securities that are restricted as to disposition
under the federal  securities  laws,  provided that such securities are eligible
for resale to qualified  institutional investors pursuant to Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933. Rule 144A permits the resale to "qualified institutional
buyers" of "restricted securities" that, when issued, were not of the same class
as  securities  listed on a U.S.  securities  exchange or quoted in the National
Association of Securities  Dealers  Automated  Quotation  System (the "Rule 144A
Securities").  A  "qualified  institutional  buyer"  is  defined  by  Rule  144A
generally as an  institution,  acting for its own account or for the accounts of
other qualified  institutional buyers, that in the aggregate owns and invests on
a  discretionary  basis at least $100  million  in  securities  of  issuers  not
affiliated  with the  institution.  A dealer  registered  under  the  Securities
Exchange  Act of 1934 (the  "Exchange  Act"),  acting for its own account or the
accounts of other qualified institutional buyers, that in the aggregate owns and
invests on a  discretionary  basis at least $10 million in securities of issuers
not  affiliated  with the dealer may also  qualify as a qualified  institutional
buyer,  as well as an  Exchange  Act  registered  dealer  acting  in a  riskless
principal transaction on behalf of a qualified institutional buyer.

The Funds' Board of Directors is responsible  for  developing  and  establishing
guidelines and procedures for determining the liquidity of Rule 144A Securities.
As  permitted  by  Rule  144A,   the  Board  of  Directors  has  delegated  this
responsibility to the Investment Manager. In making the determination  regarding
the  liquidity of Rule 144A  Securities,  the  Investment  Manager will consider
trading markets for the specific  security taking into account the  unregistered
nature  of a Rule  144A  security.  In  addition,  the  Investment  Manager  may
consider:  (1) the frequency of trades and quotes; (2) the number of dealers and
potential  purchasers;  (3) dealer  undertakings  to make a market;  and (4) the
nature of the security and of the market place trades (e.g.,  the time needed to
dispose of the security,  the method of  soliciting  offers and the mechanics of
transfer). Investing in Rule 144A Securities could have the effect of increasing
the amount of a Fund's assets invested in illiquid securities to the extent that
qualified  institutional buyers become  uninterested,  for a time, in purchasing
these securities.

Certain  of the  Funds  also may  purchase  restricted  securities  that are not
eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A. The Funds may acquire such securities
through  private  placement  transactions,  directly  from  the  issuer  or from
security  holders,  generally  at higher  yields or on terms more  favorable  to
investors than comparable publicly traded securities.  However, the restrictions
on resale of such  securities  may make it difficult  for the Fund to dispose of
such  securities at the time considered  most  advantageous,  and/or may involve
expenses that would not be incurred in the sale of  securities  that were freely
marketable.  Risks associated with restricted  securities  include the potential
obligation  to pay all or part of the  registration  expenses  in  order to sell
certain restricted securities.  A considerable period of time may elapse between
the  time of the  decision  to sell a  security  and the  time  the  Fund may be
permitted to sell it under an effective  registration  statement.  If,  during a
period, adverse conditions were to develop, a Fund might obtain a less favorable
price than prevailing when it decided to sell.

RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH LOWER-RATED DEBT SECURITIES (JUNK BONDS) -- Certain of the
Funds may invest in higher  yielding debt securities in the lower rating (higher
risk)  categories of the recognized  rating  services  (commonly  referred to as
"junk  bonds").  Debt rated BB, B, CCC, CC and C by S&P and rated Ba, B, Caa, Ca
and C by Moody's,  is regarded,  on balance,  as predominantly  speculative with
respect  to the  issuer's  capacity  to pay  interest  and  repay  principal  in
accordance  with the terms of the  obligation.  For S&P, BB indicates the lowest
degree of speculation and C the highest degree of speculation.  For Moody's,  Ba
indicates  the  lowest  degree  of  speculation  and C  the  highest  degree  of
speculation.  While  such debt will  likely  have some  quality  and  protective
characteristics,  these are  outweighed  by large  uncertainties  or major  risk
exposures  to adverse  conditions.  Similarly,  debt rated Ba or BB and below is
regarded by the relevant rating agency as  speculative.  Debt rated C by Moody's
or S&P is the lowest  quality  debt that is not in default  as to  principal  or
interest  and such  issues so rated can be  regarded  as having  extremely  poor
prospects of ever attaining any real  investment  standing.  Such securities are
also  generally  considered  to be subject to greater  risk than higher  quality
securities  with  regard to a  deterioration  of  general  economic  conditions.
Ratings of debt securities represent the rating agency's opinion regarding their
quality and are not a guarantee of quality.  Rating agencies attempt to evaluate
the safety of principal  and interest  payments and do not evaluate the risks of
fluctuations  in market  value.  Also,  rating  agencies may fail to make timely
changes in credit quality in response to subsequent  events, so that an issuer's
current financial condition may be better or worse than a rating indicates.

The market value of lower  quality debt  securities  tend to reflect  individual
developments  of  the  issuer  to  a  greater  extent  than  do  higher  quality
securities,  which react  primarily  to  fluctuations  in the  general  level of
interest  rates.  In addition,  lower  quality debt  securities  tend to be more
sensitive to economic  conditions and generally  have more volatile  prices than
higher quality securities.  Issuers of lower quality securities are often highly
leveraged  and may not  have  available  to them  more  traditional  methods  of
financing.  For example,  during an economic  downturn or a sustained  period of
rising interest rates,  highly leveraged issuers of lower quality securities may
experience  financial  stress.  During such  periods,  such issuers may not have
sufficient  revenues to meet their interest  payment  obligations.  The issuer's
ability  to service  its debt  obligations  may also be  adversely  affected  by
specific  developments  affecting the issuer,  such as the issuer's inability to
meet specific  projected  business forecasts or the unavailability of additional
financing.  Similarly,  certain  emerging  market  governments  that issue lower
quality  debt  securities  are among the largest  debtors to  commercial  banks,
foreign  governments and supranational  organizations such as the World Bank and
may not be able or willing to make principal and/or interest  repayments as they
come due. The risk of loss due to default by the issuer is significantly greater
for the  holders  of  lower  quality  securities  because  such  securities  are
generally unsecured and are often subordinated to other creditors of the issuer.

Lower  quality debt  securities  of corporate  issuers  frequently  have call or
buy-back  features  which  would  permit  an issuer  to call or  repurchase  the
security from the Fund. If an issuer  exercises these  provisions in a declining
interest  rate market,  the Fund may have to replace the  security  with a lower
yielding security,  resulting in a decreased return for investors.  In addition,
the Fund may have difficulty disposing of lower quality securities because there
may be a thin trading  market for such  securities.  There may be no established
retail secondary market for many of these  securities,  and the Fund anticipates
that  such  securities  could be sold only to a limited  number  of  dealers  or
institutional  investors. The lack of a liquid secondary market also may have an
adverse  impact  on  market  prices  of such  instruments  and may  make it more
difficult  for the Fund to obtain  accurate  market  quotations  for purposes of
valuing the securities in the portfolio of the Fund.

Adverse publicity and investor perceptions,  whether or not based on fundamental
analysis,   may  also  decrease  the  values  and  liquidity  of  lower  quality
securities,  especially  in a thinly  traded  market.  The High  Yield  Fund may
acquire  lower quality debt  securities  during an initial  underwriting  or may
acquire lower quality debt securities which are sold without  registration under
applicable  securities laws. Such securities involve special  considerations and
risks.

Factors having an adverse  effect on the market value of lower rated  securities
or their  equivalents  purchased by a Fund will adversely impact net asset value
of the Fund.  In addition  to the  foregoing,  such  factors  may  include:  (i)
potential adverse publicity;  (ii) heightened sensitivity to general economic or
political  conditions;  and (iii) the likely  adverse impact of a major economic
recession.  The Fund  also may incur  additional  expenses  to the  extent it is
required to seek recovery upon a default in the payment of principal or interest
on its portfolio  holdings,  and the Fund may have limited legal recourse in the
event of a default.  Debt securities  issued by governments in emerging  markets
can differ from debt  obligations  issued by private  entities in that  remedies
from  defaults  generally  must  be  pursued  in the  courts  of the  defaulting
government,  and legal  recourse is  therefore  somewhat  diminished.  Political
conditions, in terms of a government's willingness to meet the terms of its debt
obligations,  also are of considerable  significance.  There can be no assurance
that the  holders of  commercial  bank debt would not  contest  payments  to the
holders of debt  securities  issued by  governments  in emerging  markets in the
event of default by the governments under commercial bank loan agreements.

The Investment Manager will attempt to minimize the speculative risks associated
with  investments in lower quality  securities  through  credit  analyses and by
carefully  monitoring current trends in interest rates,  political  developments
and other factors. Nonetheless, investors should carefully review the investment
objectives  and policies of the Funds and consider  their  ability to assume the
investment risks involved before making an investment in the Funds.

CONVERTIBLE  SECURITIES  AND WARRANTS -- Certain of the Funds may invest in debt
or preferred  equity  securities  convertible  into or  exchangeable  for equity
securities.  Traditionally,   convertible  securities  have  paid  dividends  or
interest  at rates  higher  than  common  stocks but lower  than  nonconvertible
securities.  They generally  participate in the  appreciation or depreciation of
the underlying stock into which they are convertible, but to a lesser degree. In
recent years,  convertibles  have been  developed  which combine higher or lower
current  income with options and other  features.  Warrants are options to buy a
stated number of shares of common stock at a specified price any time during the
life of the warrants (generally two or more years).

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES AND COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS -- Certain of
the Funds may invest in mortgage-backed  securities  (MBSs),  including mortgage
pass-through  securities and collateralized  mortgage  obligations  (CMOs). MBSs
include certain  securities issued or guaranteed by the United States Government
or one of its agencies or  instrumentalities,  such as the  Government  National
Mortgage  Association (GNMA),  Federal National Mortgage  Association (FNMA), or
Federal Home Loan Mortgage  Corporation  (FHLMC);  securities  issued by private
issuers that represent an interest in or are  collateralized by  mortgage-backed
securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or one of its agencies or
instrumentalities;  and securities  issued by private  issuers that represent an
interest in or are  collateralized  by mortgage  loans. A mortgage  pass-through
security  is a pro rata  interest  in a pool of  mortgages  where  the cash flow
generated from the mortgage collateral is passed through to the security holder.
CMOs are  obligations  fully  collateralized  by a  portfolio  of  mortgages  or
mortgage-related securities. Certain of the Funds may invest in securities known
as "inverse floating obligations," "residual interest bonds," or "interest-only"
(IO) and "principal-only"  (PO) bonds, the market values of which will generally
be more  volatile  than the  market  values of most MBSs.  An  inverse  floating
obligation is a derivative  adjustable  rate  security with interest  rates that
adjust or vary inversely to changes in market interest rates. The term "residual
interest"  bond is used  generally to describe  those  instruments in collateral
pools,  such as CMOs,  which receive any excess cash flow  generated by the pool
once all other  bondholders and expenses have been paid. IOs and POs are created
by  separating  the  interest  and  principal  payments  generated  by a pool of
mortgage-backed bonds to create two classes of securities.  Generally, one class
receives  interest  only  payments  (IOs) and the  other  class  principal  only
payments  (POs).  MBSs  have  been  referred  to as  "derivatives"  because  the
performance of MBSs is dependent upon and derived from underlying securities.

CMOs may be issued in a variety of  classes  and the Funds may invest in several
CMO  classes,  including,  but not  limited to  Floaters,  Planned  Amortization
Classes (PACs), Scheduled Classes (SCHs), Sequential Pay Classes (SEQs), Support
Classes  (SUPs),  Target  Amortization  Classes  (TACs) and  Accrual  Classes (Z
Classes).  CMO classes vary in the rate and time at which they receive principal
and interest  payments.  SEQs, also called plain vanilla,  clean pay, or current
pay classes,  sequentially  receive principal payments from underlying  mortgage
securities  when the principal on a previous class has been completely paid off.
During the months  prior to their  receipt of principal  payments,  SEQs receive
interest  payments at the coupon rate on their  principal.  PACs are designed to
produce a stable cash flow of principal payments over a predetermined  period of
time.  PACs guard  against a certain level of  prepayment  risk by  distributing
prepayments  to  SUPs,  also  called  companion  classes.  TACs  pay a  targeted
principal payment schedule, as long as prepayments are not made at a rate slower
than an expected constant prepayment speed. If prepayments increase,  the excess
over the target is paid to SUPs. SEQs may have a less stable cash flow than PACs
and TACs and, consequently, have a greater potential yield. PACs generally pay a
lower yield than TACs  because of PACs' lower risk.  Because  SUPs are  directly
affected by the rate of prepayment of underlying mortgages,  SUPs may experience
volatile cash flow behavior. When prepayment speeds fluctuate,  the average life
of a SUP will vary.  SUPs,  therefore,  are  priced at a higher  yield than less
volatile classes of CMOs. Z Classes do not receive payments,  including interest
payments,  until certain  other classes are paid off. At that time,  the Z Class
begins to receive the accumulated interest and principal payments. A Floater has
a coupon rate that adjusts periodically  (usually monthly) by adding a spread to
a benchmark  index subject to a lifetime  maximum cap. The yield of a Floater is
sensitive to prepayment rates and the level of the benchmark index.

Investment in MBSs poses several risks, including prepayment,  market and credit
risks.  Prepayment  risk  reflects  the chance that  borrowers  may prepay their
mortgages faster than expected,  thereby affecting the investment's average life
and perhaps its yield.  Borrowers are most likely to exercise  their  prepayment
options  at a  time  when  it is  least  advantageous  to  investors,  generally
prepaying  mortgages as interest  rates fall,  and slowing  payments as interest
rates rise.  Certain  classes of CMOs may have priority over others with respect
to the receipt of  prepayments  on the mortgages and the Fund may invest in CMOs
which are subject to greater risk of prepayment as discussed above.  Market risk
reflects the chance that the price of the security may fluctuate  over time. The
price of MBSs may be particularly  sensitive to prevailing  interest rates,  the
length of time the security is expected to be  outstanding  and the liquidity of
the issue. In a period of unstable interest rates, there may be decreased demand
for certain  types of MBSs,  and a Fund invested in such  securities  wishing to
sell them may find it difficult to find a buyer,  which may in turn decrease the
price at which they may be sold.  Credit risk  reflects the chance that the Fund
may not  receive  all or part of its  principal  because  the  issuer  or credit
enhancer  has  defaulted  on  its  obligations.   Obligations   issued  by  U.S.
Government-related entities are guaranteed by the agency or instrumentality, and
some, such as GNMA  certificates,  are supported by the full faith and credit of
the U.S.  Treasury;  others are  supported  by the right of the issuer to borrow
from the  Treasury;  others,  such as those of the FNMA,  are  supported  by the
discretionary  authority  of  the  U.S.  Government  to  purchase  the  agency's
obligations;   still  others,   are   supported   only  by  the  credit  of  the
instrumentality.  Although securities issued by U.S. Government-related agencies
are guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities, shares
of the Fund are not so guaranteed in any way. The  performance  of private label
MBSs, issued by private institutions,  is based on the financial health of those
institutions.

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES -- Certain of the Funds may also invest in "asset-backed
securities."  These include secured debt instruments backed by automobile loans,
credit card loans, home equity loans, manufactured housing loans and other types
of  secured  loans   providing  the  source  of  both  principal  and  interest.
Asset-backed  securities are subject to risks similar to those  discussed  above
with respect to MBSs.

REAL ESTATE  SECURITIES  -- High Yield Fund may invest in equity  securities  of
real estate investment trusts ("REITs") and other real estate industry companies
or companies with substantial real estate  investments and therefore,  such Fund
may be subject to certain risks  associated with direct ownership of real estate
and with the real estate industry in general. These risks include, among others:
possible declines in the value of real estate;  possible lack of availability of
mortgage funds;  extended vacancies of properties;  risks related to general and
local economic  conditions;  overbuilding;  increases in  competition,  property
taxes and operating  expenses;  changes in zoning laws; costs resulting from the
clean-up  of,  and  liability  to third  parties  for  damages  resulting  from,
environmental problems;  casualty or condemnation losses; uninsured damages from
floods, earthquakes or other natural disasters; limitations on and variations in
rents; and changes in interest rates.

REITs are pooled investment  vehicles which invest primarily in income producing
real estate or real  estate  related  loans or  interests.  REITs are  generally
classified as equity REITs,  mortgage REITs or hybrid REITs. Equity REITs invest
the  majority  of their  assets  directly  in real  property  and derive  income
primarily  from the collection of rents.  Equity REITs can also realize  capital
gains by selling  properties  that have  appreciated  in value.  Mortgage  REITs
invest the majority of their assets in real estate  mortgages  and derive income
from the  collection  of  interest  payments.  REITs  are not  taxed  on  income
distributed to  shareholders  provided they comply with several  requirements of
the  Internal  Revenue  Code,  as amended  (the  "Code").  Certain  REITs may be
self-liquidating  in that a specific  term of  existence  is provided for in the
trust  document.  Such  trusts run the risk of  liquidating  at an  economically
inopportune time.

WHEN-ISSUED  AND  FORWARD  COMMITMENT  SECURITIES  --  Certain  of the Funds may
purchase securities on a "when-issued" basis and may purchase or sell securities
on a "forward commitment" basis in order to hedge against anticipated changes in
interest  rates and prices.  The price,  which is  generally  expressed in yield
terms, is fixed at the time the commitment is made, but delivery and payment for
the securities  take place at a later date.  When-issued  securities and forward
commitments  may be sold prior to the settlement  date, but the Funds will enter
into  when-issued  and forward  commitments  only with the intention of actually
receiving or delivering the securities, as the case may be. No income accrues on
securities  which have been purchased  pursuant to a forward  commitment or on a
when-issued basis prior to delivery of the securities. If a Fund disposes of the
right to acquire a when-issued  security prior to its acquisition or disposes of
its right to  deliver or receive  against a forward  commitment,  it may incur a
gain or loss. At the time a Fund enters into a transaction  on a when-issued  or
forward  commitment  basis,  a segregated  account  consisting of cash or liquid
securities  equal  to  the  value  of  the  when-issued  or  forward  commitment
securities  will be established  and  maintained  with its custodian and will be
marked to market daily. There is a risk that the securities may not be delivered
and that the Fund may incur a loss.

OPTIONS AND FUTURES STRATEGIES--

WRITING COVERED CALL OPTIONS. Certain of the Funds may write (sell) covered call
options.  Covered  call  options  generally  will be written on  securities  and
currencies  which, in the opinion of the Investment  Manager are not expected to
make any major price moves in the near future but which, over the long term, are
deemed to be attractive investments.

A call  option  gives the holder  (buyer)  the right to  purchase a security  or
currency at a specified  price (the exercise  price) at any time until a certain
date (the  expiration  date).  So long as the obligation of the writer of a call
option  continues,  the  writer  may  be  assigned  an  exercise  notice  by the
broker/dealer  through  whom such option was sold,  requiring  it to deliver the
underlying  security or currency  against  payment of the exercise  price.  This
obligation  terminates  upon the expiration of the call option,  or such earlier
time at which the writer effects a closing purchase transaction by purchasing an
option identical to that previously  sold.  Writing covered call options is less
risky than writing uncovered or "naked" options, which the Funds will not do.

Portfolio  securities  on which call  options may be written  will be  purchased
solely on the basis of  investment  considerations  consistent  with that Fund's
investment  objectives.  When writing a covered call option,  the Fund in return
for the premium gives up the opportunity for profit from a price increase in the
underlying  security  above the  exercise  price,  and  retains the risk of loss
should the price of the security  decline.  Unlike one who owns  securities  not
subject to an option, a Fund has no control over when it may be required to sell
the underlying  securities,  since the option may be exercised at any time prior
to the option's  expiration.  If a call option which a Fund has written expires,
the Fund will  realize a gain in the amount of the premium;  however,  such gain
may be offset by a decline in the market value of the underlying security during
the option period.  If the call option is exercised,  a Fund will realize a gain
or loss from the sale of the underlying security.

The  premium  which a Fund  receives  for  writing  a call  option  is deemed to
constitute the market value of an option. The premium the Fund will receive from
writing a call option will reflect, among other things, the current market price
of the  underlying  security,  the  relationship  of the exercise  price to such
market price, the historical price  volatility of the underlying  security,  and
the length of the option period. In determining whether a particular call option
should be written on a particular security, the Investment Manager will consider
the  reasonableness of the anticipated  premium and the likelihood that a liquid
secondary  market will exist for those options.  The premium  received by a Fund
for writing  covered  call options will be recorded as a liability in the Fund's
statement of assets and  liabilities.  This  liability will be adjusted daily to
the option's  current market value,  which will be the latest sales price at the
time which the net asset value per share of the Fund is computed at the close of
regular trading on the NYSE (currently,  3:00 p.m. Central time, unless weather,
equipment  failure or other factors  contribute to an earlier closing time), or,
in the absence of such sale,  the latest  asked  price.  The  liability  will be
extinguished upon expiration of the option,  the purchase of an identical option
in a closing  transaction,  or  delivery  of the  underlying  security  upon the
exercise of the option.

Closing  transactions  will be  effected  in order  to  realize  a profit  on an
outstanding call option, to prevent an underlying security from being called, or
to permit the sale of the underlying security. Furthermore,  effecting a closing
transaction  will permit a Fund to write  another call option on the  underlying
security with either a different exercise price, expiration date or both. If the
Fund desires to sell a particular  security  from its  portfolio on which it has
written a call  option,  or  purchased  a put  option,  it will seek to effect a
closing  transaction  prior to, or concurrently  with, the sale of the security.
There  is no  assurance  that  the  Fund  will be able to  effect  such  closing
transactions  at  favorable  prices.  If  the  Fund  cannot  enter  into  such a
transaction,  it may be required to hold a security that it might otherwise have
sold,  in which case it would  continue to be at market risk with respect to the
security.

The Fund will pay  transaction  costs in connection  with the writing of options
and in entering into closing purchase  contracts.  Transaction costs relating to
options  activity  normally are higher than those  applicable  to purchases  and
sales of portfolio securities.

Call options  written by the Fund  normally will have  expiration  dates of less
than nine months from the date written. The exercise price of the options may be
below, equal to or above the current market values of the underlying  securities
at the time the options are written. From time to time, the Fund may purchase an
underlying  security for delivery in accordance  with the exercise of an option,
rather  than  delivering  such  security  from  its  portfolio.  In such  cases,
additional costs will be incurred.

The Fund will realize a profit or loss from a closing  purchase  transaction  if
the cost of the  transaction  is less or more,  respectively,  than the  premium
received from the writing of the option.  Because  increases in the market price
of a call option  generally  will  reflect  increases in the market price of the
underlying security,  any loss resulting from the repurchase of a call option is
likely  to be  offset  in whole  or in part by  appreciation  of the  underlying
security owned by the Fund.

PURCHASING CALL OPTIONS.  Certain Funds may purchase call options. As the holder
of a call  option,  the Fund would  have the right to  purchase  the  underlying
security at the exercise  price at any time during the option  period.  The Fund
may enter into closing sale transactions with respect to such options,  exercise
them or permit them to expire. Call options may be purchased by the Fund for the
purpose of acquiring the underlying security for its portfolio. Utilized in this
fashion,  the  purchase  of call  options  would  enable the Fund to acquire the
security at the  exercise  price of the call option  plus the premium  paid.  At
times,  the net cost of  acquiring  the security in this manner may be less than
the cost of acquiring the security  directly.  This technique also may be useful
to a Fund in purchasing a large block of securities that would be more difficult
to acquire by direct  market  purchases.  So long as it holds such a call option
rather than the underlying security itself, the Fund is partially protected from
any  unexpected  decline in the market price of the  underlying  security and in
such event could  allow the call option to expire,  incurring a loss only to the
extent of the premium paid for the option.

The Fund also may purchase  call  options on  underlying  securities  it owns in
order to protect  unrealized gains on call options  previously  written by it. A
call option would be purchased for this purpose where tax considerations make it
inadvisable to realize such gains through a closing purchase  transaction.  Call
options  also may be  purchased  at times to avoid  realizing  losses that would
result in a reduction of the Fund's current  return.  For example,  the Fund has
written a call option on an underlying  security  having a current  market value
below the price at which such security was purchased by the Fund, an increase in
the market price could result in the exercise of the call option  written by the
Fund and the  realization  of a loss on the  underlying  security  with the same
exercise price and expiration date as the option previously written.

Aggregate  premiums  paid for put and call  options  will not  exceed  5% of the
Fund's total assets at the time of purchase.

WRITING COVERED PUT OPTIONS. Certain of the Funds may write covered put options.
A put option gives the purchaser of the option the right to sell, and the writer
(seller) the  obligation to buy, the  underlying  security at the exercise price
during the option  period.  The option may be exercised at any time prior to its
expiration date. The operation of put options in other respects, including their
related risks and rewards, is substantially identical to that of call options.

The Fund would write put options only on a covered  basis,  which means that the
Fund would either (i) set aside cash or liquid  securities in an amount not less
than the exercise  price at all times while the put option is  outstanding  (the
rules of the Options Clearing Corporation  currently require that such assets be
deposited in escrow to secure  payment of the exercise  price),  (ii) sell short
the  security  underlying  the put  option at the same or higher  price than the
exercise  price  of the put  option,  or (iii)  purchase  a put  option,  if the
exercise  price of the  purchased  put  option  is the same or  higher  than the
exercise  price of the put option  sold by the Fund.  The Fund  generally  would
write covered put options in circumstances  where the Investment  Manager wishes
to purchase the  underlying  security for the Fund's  portfolio at a price lower
than the current  market price of the  security.  In such event,  the Fund would
write a put option at an exercise price which,  reduced by the premium  received
on the option,  reflects  the lower  price it is willing to pay.  Since the Fund
also would receive interest on debt securities  maintained to cover the exercise
price of the option,  this  technique  could be used to enhance  current  return
during periods of market  uncertainty.  The risk in such a transaction  would be
that the  market  price of the  underlying  security  would  decline  below  the
exercise price less the premiums received.

PURCHASING  PUT OPTIONS.  Certain of the Funds may purchase put options.  As the
holder of a put  option,  the Fund would  have the right to sell the  underlying
security at the exercise  price at any time during the option  period.  The Fund
may enter into closing sale transactions with respect to such options,  exercise
them or permit them to expire.

The Fund may purchase a put option on an underlying security  ("protective put")
owned  by the  Fund as a  hedging  technique  in order  to  protect  against  an
anticipated  decline  in the value of the  security.  Such hedge  protection  is
provided  only during the life of the put option when the Fund, as the holder of
the put option,  is able to sell the  underlying  security  at the put  exercise
price regardless of any decline in the underlying  security's  market price. For
example,  a  put  option  may  be  purchased  in  order  to  protect  unrealized
appreciation  of a security  when the  Investment  Manager deems it desirable to
continue to hold the security  because of tax  considerations.  The premium paid
for the put option and any  transaction  costs  would  reduce any  capital  gain
otherwise available for distribution when the security eventually is sold.

Certain Funds also may purchase put options at a time when the Fund does not own
the  underlying  security.  By purchasing  put options on a security it does not
own,  the Fund  seeks to  benefit  from a  decline  in the  market  price of the
underlying security.  If the put option is not sold when it has remaining value,
and if the market price of the underlying  security  remains equal to or greater
than the exercise  price  during the life of the put option,  the Fund will lose
its entire  investment  in the put  option.  In order for the  purchase of a put
option to be  profitable,  the  market  price of the  underlying  security  must
decline  sufficiently  below  the  exercise  price  to  cover  the  premium  and
transaction cost, unless the put option is sold in a closing sale transaction.

The premium paid by the Fund when purchasing a put option will be recorded as an
asset in the  Fund's  statement  of assets and  liabilities.  This asset will be
adjusted daily to the option's  current  market value,  which will be the latest
sale  price at the time at which  the net  asset  value per share of the Fund is
computed  (at the close of regular  trading on the NYSE),  or, in the absence of
such sale, the latest bid price. The asset will be extinguished  upon expiration
of the option, the writing of an identical option in a closing  transaction,  or
the delivery of the underlying security upon the exercise of the option.

INTEREST  RATE FUTURES  CONTRACTS.  Certain  Funds may enter into  interest rate
futures contracts  ("Futures" or "Futures Contracts") as a hedge against changes
in prevailing  levels of interest  rates.  A Fund's hedging may include sales of
Futures as an offset against the effect of expected increases in interest rates,
and purchases of Futures as an offset against the effect of expected declines in
interest rates.

The Funds will not enter into Futures  Contracts for  speculation  and will only
enter into Futures  Contracts which are traded on national futures exchanges and
are standardized as to maturity date and underlying  financial  instrument.  The
principal interest rate exchanges in the United States are the Board of Trade of
the City of Chicago and the Chicago Mercantile  Exchange.  Futures exchanges and
trading are regulated under the Commodity  Exchange Act by the Commodity Futures
Trading  Commission  ("CFTC").  Futures  are  exchanged  in London at the London
International Financial Futures Exchange.

Although techniques other than sales and purchases of Futures Contracts could be
used to reduce a Fund's exposure to interest rate fluctuations,  the Fund may be
able to hedge  exposure  more  effectively  and at a lower  cost  through  using
Futures Contracts.

The Fund will not enter into a Futures  Contract if, as a result  thereof,  more
than 5% of the  Fund's  total  assets  (taken  at  market  value  at the time of
entering  into the  contract)  would be  committed  to "margin"  (down  payment)
deposits on such Futures Contracts.

A Futures  Contract  provides  for the future sale by one party and  purchase by
another party of a specified  amount of a specific  financial  instrument  (debt
security) for a specified price at a designated date, time and place.  Brokerage
fees are incurred when a Futures Contract is bought or sold, and margin deposits
must be maintained at all times the Futures Contract is outstanding.

Although Futures Contracts  typically require future delivery of and payment for
financial  instruments,  Futures  Contracts  usually  are  closed out before the
delivery date. Closing out an open Futures Contract sale or purchase is effected
by entering into an offsetting Futures Contract purchase or sale,  respectively,
for the same aggregate amount of the identical financial instrument and the same
delivery date. If the  offsetting  purchase price is less than the original sale
price,  the Fund  realizes  a gain;  if it is more,  the Fund  realizes  a loss.
Conversely,  if the  offsetting  sale price is more than the  original  purchase
price,  the Fund realizes a gain; if it is less,  the Fund realizes a loss.  The
transaction costs also must be included in these  calculations.  There can be no
assurance,  however,  that the Fund  will be able to  enter  into an  offsetting
transaction with respect to a particular  Futures Contract at a particular time.
If the Fund is not able to enter into an offsetting  transaction,  the Fund will
continue to be required to maintain the margin deposits on the Futures Contract.

Persons who trade in Futures  Contracts  may be broadly  classified as "hedgers"
and "speculators."  Hedgers, such as the Funds, whose business activity involves
investment  or other  commitment in  securities  or other  obligations,  use the
Futures markets primarily to offset unfavorable  changes in value that may occur
because of fluctuations  in the value of the securities and obligations  held or
expected to be acquired by them.  Debtors and other  obligors also may hedge the
interest cost of their obligations.  The speculator,  like the hedger, generally
expects  neither to deliver nor to receive the financial  instrument  underlying
the Futures Contract,  but, unlike the hedger, hopes to profit from fluctuations
in prevailing interest rates.

The Fund's Futures  transactions  will be entered into for  traditional  hedging
purposes;  that is, Futures  Contracts will be sold to protect against a decline
in the price of  securities  that the Fund owns,  or Futures  Contracts  will be
purchased to protect the Fund against an increase in the price of  securities it
has committed to purchase or expects to purchase.

"Margin"  with respect to Futures  Contracts is the amount of funds that must be
deposited by the Fund, in a segregated  account with the Fund's broker, in order
to initiate Futures trading and to maintain the Fund's open positions in Futures
Contracts.  A margin  deposit  made when the Futures  Contract  is entered  into
("initial  margin") is intended to assure the Fund's  performance of the Futures
Contract.  The margin required for a particular  Futures  Contract is set by the
exchange  on  which  the  Futures  Contract  is  traded,  and  may  be  modified
significantly  from time to time by the exchange  during the term of the Futures
Contract.  Futures Contracts  customarily are purchased and sold on margins that
may range  upward from less than 5% of the value of the Futures  Contract  being
traded.

If the price of an open Futures  Contract  changes (by increase in the case of a
sale or by decrease  in the case of a purchase)  so that the loss on the Futures
Contract  reaches a point at which the margin on deposit does not satisfy margin
requirements, the broker will require an increase in the margin deposit ("margin
variation").  If the value of a position  increases  because of favorable  price
changes in the Futures  Contract so that the margin deposit exceeds the required
margin,  however, the broker will pay the excess to the Fund. In computing daily
net asset  values,  the Fund will mark to market the  current  value of its open
Futures  Contracts.  The Fund  expects  to earn  interest  income on its  margin
deposits.

MUNICIPAL BOND INDEX FUTURES  CONTRACTS.  The Municipal Bond Fund may enter into
municipal bond index futures contracts.  A municipal bond index futures contract
is an  agreement  to take or make  delivery  of an amount  of cash  equal to the
difference between the value of the index at the beginning and at the end of the
contract period. In a substantial majority of these transactions,  the Fund will
purchase such  securities  upon  termination of the futures  position but, under
unusual  market  conditions,  a futures  position may be terminated  without the
corresponding purchase of securities.

RISKS OF USING FUTURES  CONTRACTS.  The prices of Futures Contracts are volatile
and are influenced,  among other things,  by actual and  anticipated  changes in
interest rates,  which in turn are affected by fiscal and monetary  policies and
national and international political and economic events.

There is a risk of imperfect  correlation  between  changes in prices of Futures
Contracts and prices of the securities in the Fund's portfolio being hedged. The
degree of  imperfection  of  correlation  depends  upon  circumstances  such as:
variations in  speculative  market  demand for Futures and for debt  securities,
including technical  influences in Futures trading;  and differences between the
financial  instruments being hedged and the instruments  underlying the standard
Futures Contracts  available for trading,  with respect to interest rate levels,
maturities,  and  creditworthiness of issuers. A decision of whether,  when, and
how to hedge involves skill and judgment, and even a well-conceived hedge may be
unsuccessful  to some degree because of unexpected  market  behavior or interest
rate trends.

Because  of the low  margin  deposits  required,  Futures  trading  involves  an
extremely  high  degree of  leverage.  As a result,  a  relatively  small  price
movement in a Futures Contract may result in immediate and substantial  loss, as
well as gain, to the investor.  For example, if at the time of purchase,  10% of
the value of the Futures  Contract is  deposited  as margin,  a  subsequent  10%
decrease in the value of the Futures  Contract  would  result in a total loss of
the margin  deposit,  before any deduction  for the  transaction  costs,  if the
account were then closed out. A 15%  decrease  would result in a loss of 150% of
the original margin  deposit,  if the Contract were closed out. Thus, a purchase
or sale of a Futures  Contract  may  result  in  losses in excess of the  amount
invested  in the  Futures  Contract.  However,  the Fund  presumably  would have
sustained comparable losses if, instead of the Futures Contract, it had invested
in the underlying financial instrument and sold it after the decline.

Furthermore,  in the case of a Futures Contract purchase, in order to be certain
that the Fund has sufficient  assets to satisfy its obligations  under a Futures
Contract, the Fund sets aside and commits to back the Futures Contract an amount
of cash  and  liquid  securities  equal in  value  to the  current  value of the
underlying instrument less margin deposit.

In the case of a Futures  contract sale, the Fund either will set aside amounts,
as in the case of a Futures Contract purchase,  own the security  underlying the
contract or hold a call option  permitting the Fund to purchase the same Futures
Contract  at a price no higher  than the  contract  price.  Assets used as cover
cannot be sold while the position in the corresponding Futures Contract is open,
unless they are replaced with similar assets.  As a result,  the commitment of a
significant  portion  of the  Fund's  assets  to cover  could  impede  portfolio
management or the Fund's  ability to meet  redemption  requests or other current
obligations.

Most U.S. Futures exchanges limit the amount of fluctuation permitted in Futures
Contract  prices during a single  trading day. The daily limit  establishes  the
maximum  amount that the price of a Futures  Contract may vary either up or down
from the previous day's settlement  price at the end of a trading session.  Once
the daily limit has been reached in a particular  type of Futures  Contract,  no
trades may be made on that day at a price  beyond  that  limit.  The daily limit
governs only price movement  during a particular  trading day and therefore does
not limit  potential  losses,  because the limit may prevent the  liquidation of
unfavorable  positions.  Futures Contract prices  occasionally have moved to the
daily  limit for  several  consecutive  trading  days with little or no trading,
thereby  preventing prompt  liquidation of Futures positions and subjecting some
Futures traders to substantial losses.

OPTIONS  ON FUTURES  CONTRACTS.  Options on  Futures  Contracts  are  similar to
options  on  securities  except  that  options  on  Futures  Contracts  give the
purchaser  the right,  in return for the premium paid, to assume a position in a
Futures  Contract (a long position if the option is a call and a short  position
if the option is a put),  rather than to purchase or sell the Futures  Contract,
at a specified exercise price at any time during the period of the option.  Upon
exercise of the option,  the  delivery of the Futures  position by the writer of
the option to the holder of the option  will be  accompanied  by delivery of the
accumulated  balance in the writer's Futures margin account which represents the
amount by which the market price of the Futures Contract,  at exercise,  exceeds
(in the  case of a call) or is less  than  (in the  case of a put) the  exercise
price of the option on the Futures  Contract.  If an option is  exercised on the
last trading day prior to the expiration date of the option, the settlement will
be made entirely in cash equal to the  difference  between the exercise price of
the  option  and the  closing  level of the  securities  or index upon which the
Futures  Contracts are based on the expiration  date.  Purchasers of options who
fail to exercise  their  options prior to the exercise date suffer a loss of the
premium paid.

As an  alternative to purchasing  call and put options on Futures,  the Fund may
purchase  call and put options on the  underlying  securities  themselves.  Such
options  would be used in a manner  identical  to the use of  options on Futures
Contracts.

To reduce or eliminate  the leverage  then employed by the Fund, or to reduce or
eliminate the hedge  position then currently held by the Fund, the Fund may seek
to  close  out an  option  position  by  selling  an  option  covering  the same
securities or contract and having the same exercise price and  expiration  date.
Trading in options on Futures Contracts began relatively  recently.  The ability
to  establish  and close out  positions  on such  options will be subject to the
development and maintenance of a liquid secondary market. It is not certain that
this market will develop.

INTEREST RATE SWAPS -- The  Diversified  Income Fund and the High Yield Fund may
enter into interest rate,  total return and index swaps. The High Yield Fund may
also enter into the purchase or sale of related caps, floors and collars. A Fund
usually  will enter into  interest  rate swaps on a net basis if the contract so
provides,  that is, the two payment  streams are netted out in a cash settlement
on the  payment  date or  dates  specified  in the  instrument,  with  the  Fund
receiving  or  paying,  as the  case  may be,  only  the net  amount  of the two
payments.  Inasmuch as swaps, caps, floors and collars are entered into for good
faith hedging purposes,  the Funds and the Investment  Manager believe that they
do not constitute senior securities under the 1940 Act if appropriately  covered
and,  thus,  will  not  treat  them  as  being  subject  to a  Fund's  borrowing
restrictions.  A Fund will not enter into any swap, cap, floor,  collar or other
derivative transaction unless, at the time of entering into the transaction, the
unsecured  long-term  debt rating of the  counterparty  combined with any credit
enhancements  is rated at least A by Moody's or S&P or has an equivalent  rating
from a nationally recognized statistical rating organization or is determined to
be of equivalent  credit  quality by the Investment  Manager.  If a counterparty
defaults,  a Fund may  have  contractual  remedies  pursuant  to the  agreements
related to the transactions.  The swap market has grown  substantially in recent
years, with a large number of banks and investment  banking firms acting both as
principals and as agents utilizing standardized swap documentation. As a result,
the swap market has become relatively liquid.  Caps, floors and collars are more
recent innovations for which  standardized  documentation has not yet been fully
developed and, for that reason, they are less liquid than swaps.

EMERGING  COUNTRIES  -- Certain of the Funds may  invest in debt  securities  in
emerging  markets.  Investing in  securities  in emerging  countries  may entail
greater risks than investing in debt  securities in developed  countries.  These
risks include (i) less social, political and economic stability;  (ii) the small
current  size of the  markets  for  such  securities  and the  currently  low or
nonexistent  volume  of  trading,  which  result in a lack of  liquidity  and in
greater price volatility; (iii) certain national policies which may restrict the
Fund's investment opportunities, including restrictions on investment in issuers
or industries deemed sensitive to national interests; (iv) foreign taxation; and
(v) the absence of developed  structures governing private or foreign investment
or allowing for judicial redress for injury to private property.

FOREIGN  INVESTMENT   RESTRICTIONS  --  Certain  countries  prohibit  or  impose
substantial  restrictions on investments in their capital markets,  particularly
their equity markets,  by foreign entities such as the Funds. As  illustrations,
certain countries require governmental  approval prior to investments by foreign
persons,  or limit the amount of investment  by foreign  persons in a particular
company, or limit the investments by foreign persons to only a specific class of
securities of a company that may have less advantageous terms than securities of
the company available for purchase by nationals. Moreover, the national policies
of  certain  countries  may  restrict  investment  opportunities  in  issuers or
industries deemed sensitive to national interests.  In addition,  some countries
require governmental approval for the repatriation of investment income, capital
or the  proceeds  of  securities  sales by  foreign  investors.  A Fund could be
adversely   affected  by  delays  in,  or  a  refusal  to  grant,  any  required
governmental  approval for repatriation,  as well as by the application to it of
other restrictions on investments.

POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC  RISKS -- Investing in  securities of non-U.S.  companies
may  entail  additional  risks  due  to the  potential  political  and  economic
instability   of   certain   countries   and   the   risks   of   expropriation,
nationalization,  confiscation  or the  imposition  of  restrictions  on foreign
investment  and on  repatriation  of  capital  invested.  In the  event  of such
expropriation,  nationalization  or other  confiscation  by any country,  a Fund
could lose its entire investment in any such country.

An investment  in a Fund which  invests in non-U.S.  companies is subject to the
political and economic risks  associated  with  investments in foreign  markets.
Even though  opportunities  for  investment may exist in emerging  markets,  any
change in the leadership or policies of the governments of those countries or in
the leadership or policies of any other government which exercises a significant
influence  over  those  countries,  may halt the  expansion  of or  reverse  the
liberalization  of  foreign  investment   policies  now  occurring  and  thereby
eliminate any investment opportunities which may currently exist.

Investors should note that upon the accession to power of authoritarian regimes,
the governments of a number of emerging market countries previously expropriated
large  quantities of real and personal  property  similar to the property  which
will be  represented  by the  securities  purchased  by a Fund.  The  claims  of
property owners against those governments were never finally settled.  There can
be no assurance that any property  represented by securities purchased by a Fund
will not also be expropriated,  nationalized,  or otherwise confiscated. If such
confiscation  were to occur,  the Fund could lose a  substantial  portion of its
investments  in such  countries.  The  Fund's  investments  would  similarly  be
adversely affected by exchange control regulation in any of those countries.

RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC INSTABILITY -- Certain countries in which a Fund may invest
may have vocal  minorities  that  advocate  radical  religious or  revolutionary
philosophies or support ethnic independence. Any disturbance on the part of such
individuals could carry the potential for widespread destruction or confiscation
of property owned by individuals and entities  foreign to such country and could
cause the loss of the Fund's investment in those countries.

NON-UNIFORM  CORPORATE  DISCLOSURE  STANDARDS  AND  GOVERNMENTAL  REGULATION  --
Foreign  companies are subject to accounting,  auditing and financial  standards
and requirements that differ, in some cases significantly, from those applicable
to U.S. companies. In particular,  the assets, liabilities and profits appearing
on the  financial  statements  of such a company may not  reflect its  financial
position or results of  operations  in the way they would be reflected  had such
financial  statements been prepared in accordance with U.S.  generally  accepted
accounting principles. Most of the foreign securities held by a Fund will not be
registered  with the SEC or  regulators  of any  foreign  country,  nor will the
issuers thereof be subject to the SEC's reporting requirements. Thus, there will
be less available  information  concerning foreign issuers of securities held by
the Fund than is available  concerning  U.S.  issuers.  In  instances  where the
financial  statements  of an issuer  are not deemed to  reflect  accurately  the
financial  situation of the issuer, the Investment Manager will take appropriate
steps to evaluate the proposed investment,  which may include on-site inspection
of  the  issuer,   interviews  with  its  management  and   consultations   with
accountants, bankers and other specialists. There is substantially less publicly
available information about foreign companies than there are reports and ratings
published  about U.S.  companies  and the U.S.  Government.  In addition,  where
public  information is available,  it may be less reliable than such information
regarding U.S. issuers.

ADVERSE MARKET CHARACTERISTICS -- Securities of many foreign issuers may be less
liquid and their  prices  more  volatile  than  securities  of  comparable  U.S.
issuers.  In addition,  foreign  securities  exchanges and brokers generally are
subject to less  governmental  supervision  and regulation than in the U.S., and
foreign  securities   exchange   transactions   usually  are  subject  to  fixed
commissions,  which  generally are higher than  negotiated  commissions  on U.S.
transactions.  In addition,  foreign  securities  exchange  transactions  may be
subject to  difficulties  associated  with the settlement of such  transactions.
Delays in settlement  could result in temporary  periods when assets of the Fund
are  uninvested  and no return is earned  thereon.  The inability of the Fund to
make intended  security  purchases due to settlement  problems could cause it to
miss attractive opportunities.  Inability to dispose of a portfolio security due
to  settlement  problems  either  could  result  in  losses  to the  Fund due to
subsequent  declines  in value of the  portfolio  security  or,  if the Fund has
entered into a contract to sell the security, could result in possible liability
to the purchaser.  The Investment  Manager will consider such  difficulties when
determining the allocation of the Fund's assets.

NON-U.S.  WITHHOLDING TAXES -- A Fund's investment income and gains from foreign
issuers may be subject to non-U.S. withholding and other taxes, thereby reducing
the Fund's investment income and gains.

COSTS -- Investors  should  understand  that the expense ratio of the Funds that
invest in  foreign  securities  can be  expected  to be higher  than  investment
companies  investing in domestic  securities  since the cost of maintaining  the
custody of foreign  securities  and the rate of advisory  fees paid by the Funds
are higher.

EASTERN  EUROPE -- Changes  occurring  in Eastern  Europe and Russia today could
have long-term potential  consequences.  As restrictions fall, this could result
in rising  standards of living,  lower  manufacturing  costs,  growing  consumer
spending, and substantial economic growth. However,  investment in the countries
of Eastern Europe and Russia is highly  speculative at this time.  Political and
economic  reforms  are too  recent  to  establish  a  definite  trend  away from
centrally-planned economies and state owned industries. In many of the countries
of Eastern  Europe and Russia,  there is no stock  exchange or formal market for
securities.   Such  countries  may  also  have  government   exchange  controls,
currencies  with  no  recognizable  market  value  relative  to the  established
currencies of western  market  economies,  little or no experience in trading in
securities, no financial reporting standards, a lack of a banking and securities
infrastructure  to handle such  trading,  and a legal  tradition  which does not
recognize  rights in private  property.  In addition,  these  countries may have
national  policies which restrict  investments in companies  deemed sensitive to
the country's national interest.

AMERICAN  DEPOSITARY  RECEIPTS (ADRS) -- The High Yield Fund may invest in ADRs.
ADRs are  dollar-denominated  receipts issued  generally by U.S. banks and which
represent the deposit with the bank of a foreign company's securities.  ADRs are
publicly traded on exchanges or over-the-counter in the United States. Investors
should  consider  carefully  the  substantial  risks  involved in  investing  in
securities issued by companies of foreign nations,  which are in addition to the
usual  risks  inherent  in  domestic   investments.   See  "Foreign   Investment
Restrictions," above.

INVESTMENT POLICY LIMITATIONS

Each of the Funds operate within certain fundamental policies. These fundamental
policies  may not be changed  without  the  approval of the lesser of (i) 67% or
more of the Fund's shares present at a meeting of shareholders if the holders of
more than 50% of the  outstanding  shares of the Fund are present or represented
by  proxy,  or  (ii)  more  than  50%  of a  Fund's  outstanding  shares.  Other
restrictions  in the form of  operating  policies  are  subject to change by the
Fund's  Board  of  Directors  without  shareholder   approval.   Any  investment
restrictions that involve a maximum percentage of securities or assets shall not
be  considered  to be  violated  unless an  excess  over the  percentage  occurs
immediately  after, and is caused by, an acquisition of securities or assets of,
or  borrowings  by,  the  Fund.  Calculation  of the  Fund's  total  assets  for
compliance  with any of the following  fundamental or operating  policies or any
other investment restrictions set forth in the Fund's Prospectus or Statement of
Additional  Information will not include cash collateral held in connection with
a Fund's securities lending activities.

FUNDAMENTAL POLICIES -- The fundamental policies of the Funds are:

 1. PERCENT LIMIT ON ASSETS INVESTED IN ANY ONE ISSUER.  Not to invest more than
    5% of its total  assets in the  securities  of any one  issuer  (other  than
    obligations  of, or  guaranteed  by, the U.S.  Government,  its  agencies or
    instrumentalities); provided, that this limitation applies only with respect
    to 75% of a Fund's total assets.

 2. PERCENT  LIMIT ON SHARE  OWNERSHIP  OF ANY ONE  ISSUER.  Not to  purchase  a
    security  if, as a result,  with  respect  to 75% of the value of the Fund's
    total assets,  more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of any one
    issuer  would  be  held  by the  Fund  (other  than  obligations  issued  or
    guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities).

 3. UNDERWRITING.  Not to act as  underwriter  of  securities  issued by others,
    except to the extent that a Fund may be considered an underwriter within the
    meaning  of the  Securities  Act of 1933 in the  disposition  of  restricted
    securities.

 4. INDUSTRY  CONCENTRATION.  Not to invest in an amount  equal to, or in excess
    of, 25% or more of the Fund's total assets in a particular  industry  (other
    than securities of the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities).

 5. REAL ESTATE. Not to purchase or sell real estate unless acquired as a result
    of ownership of securities or other  instruments (but this shall not prevent
    a Fund from  investing in  securities  or other  instruments  backed by real
    estate or securities of companies engaged in the real estate business).

 6. COMMODITIES.  Not to purchase or sell  physical  commodities,  except that a
    Fund may enter into futures contracts and options thereon.

 7. LOANS. Not to lend any security or make any other loan if, as a result, more
    than 33 1/3% of a Fund's total assets would be lent to other parties, except
    (i) through  the  purchase  of a portion of an issue of debt  securities  in
    accordance with its investment  objective and policies,  or (ii) by engaging
    in repurchase agreements with respect to portfolio securities.

 8. BORROWING. Not to borrow in excess of 33 1/3% of the Fund's total assets.

 9. SENIOR SECURITIES. Not to issue senior securities, except as permitted under
    the Investment Company Act of 1940.

MUNICIPAL BOND FUND. The following  fundamental policy applies only to Municipal
Bond Fund:

10. TAX-EXEMPT  SECURITIES.  Not to  invest  less  than  80% of  its  assets  in
    securities which are exempt from regular federal income tax but which may be
    subject to alternative minimum tax, except for temporary defensive purposes.

The Diversified Income and High Yield Funds interpret  Fundamental Policy (5) to
prohibit the purchase of real estate limited partnerships.

For  purposes  of  Fundamental  Policies  (2) and (4) above,  each  governmental
subdivision,  i.e.,  state,  territory,  possession  of the United States or any
political subdivision of any of the foregoing, including agencies,  authorities,
instrumentalities,  or similar entities, or of the District of Columbia shall be
considered a separate  issuer if its assets and revenues are separate from those
of the governmental  body creating it and the security is backed only by its own
assets and revenues.  Further, in the case of an industrial development bond, if
the  security  is backed only by the assets and  revenues of a  non-governmental
user, then such  non-governmental  user will be deemed to be the sole issuer. If
an industrial  development bond or government issued security is guaranteed by a
governmental  or other  entity,  such  guarantee  would be considered a separate
security issued by the guarantor.

For Cash  Fund,  Fundamental  Policy  (4) does not apply to  investment  in bank
obligations.

OPERATING POLICIES -- The operating policies of the Funds are:

 1. LOANS. The Funds may not lend assets other than securities to other parties.
    (This  limitation  does not  apply to  purchases  of debt  securities  or to
    repurchase agreements.)

 2. BORROWING.  The Funds may not borrow  money or  securities  for any purposes
    except that  borrowing up to 10% of the Fund's total assets from  commercial
    banks is permitted  for emergency or temporary  purposes.  Cash Fund may not
    purchase securities while borrowings equal to 5% or more of its total assets
    are outstanding.

 3. OPTIONS.  The Funds, other than Cash Fund, may buy and sell  exchange-traded
    and  over-the-counter  put  and  call  options,   including  index  options,
    securities options, currency options and options on futures, provided that a
    call or put may be purchased only if after such  purchase,  the value of all
    call and put options held by the Fund will not exceed 5% of the Fund's total
    assets.  The Funds may write only  covered put and call  options.  Cash Fund
    will not invest in puts, calls, or any combination thereof.

 4. OIL AND GAS PROGRAMS.  The Funds may not invest in oil, gas,  mineral leases
    or other mineral exploration or development programs.

 5. INVESTMENT  COMPANIES.  Except in connection  with a merger,  consolidation,
    acquisition,  or  reorganization,  the Funds may not invest in securities of
    other investment companies, except in compliance with the Investment Company
    Act of 1940.

DIVERSIFIED  INCOME, HIGH YIELD AND CASH FUNDS. The following operating policies
apply only to the foregoing Funds:

 6. OPERATING HISTORY. The Funds may not invest in securities of an issuer that,
    together  with any  predecessor,  has been in operation  for less than three
    years if, as a result,  more than 5% of the total  assets of the Fund  would
    then be invested in such  securities;  provided that this  operating  policy
    does not apply to High Yield Fund.

 7. CONTROL OF PORTFOLIO  COMPANIES.  The Funds may not invest in companies  for
    the purpose of exercising management or control.

MUNICIPAL BOND AND CASH FUNDS.  The following  operating  policies apply only to
Municipal Bond and Cash Funds:

 8. SHORT SALES. The Funds may not sell securities short,  unless it owns or has
    the  right  to  obtain  securities  equivalent  in kind  and  amount  to the
    securities sold short, and provided that  transactions in futures  contracts
    and options are not deemed to constitute selling securities short.

 9. MARGIN.  The Funds do not intend to purchase  securities  on margin,  except
    that the Funds may obtain such  short-term  credits as are necessary for the
    clearance of  transactions,  and provided that margin payments in connection
    with futures contracts and options on futures contracts shall not constitute
    purchasing securities on margin.

CASH FUND. The following operating policies apply only to Cash Fund:

10. PERMISSIBLE  SECURITIES.  Cash Fund may not purchase  securities  other than
    U.S. Government securities, bank obligations and corporate obligations.

11. FUTURES. Cash Fund may not purchase futures contracts or options thereon.

OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

The officers and directors of the Funds and their  principal  occupations for at
least the last five years are as follows. Unless otherwise noted, the address of
each officer and director is 700 SW Harrison Street, Topeka, Kansas 66636-0001.

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NAME, ADDRESS, AND AGE               POSITION(S) HELD WITH FUND               PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION(S) DURING PAST 5 YEARS
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<S>                                  <C>                                <C>
John D. Cleland,* 64                    Chairman of the Board           Senior Vice President and Managing Member
(Birth date: May 1, 1936)                   and Director                Representative, Security Management Company, LLC;
                                                                        Senior Vice President, Security Benefit Group, Inc.
                                                                        and Security Benefit Life Insurance Company
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Donald A. Chubb, Jr.,** 53                    Director                  Business broker, Griffith & Blair Realtors. Prior to
(Birth date: December 14, 1946)                                         1997, President, Neon Tube Light Company, Inc
2222 SW 29th Street
Topeka, Kansas 66611
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Penny A. Lumpkin,** 60                        Director                  Owner, Vivian's Gift Shop (Corporate Retail); Vice
(Birth date: August 20, 1939)                                           President, Palmer Companies, Inc. (Small Business and
3616 Canterbury Town Road                                               Shopping Center Development) and Bellairre Shopping
Topeka, Kansas 66610                                                    Center LLC (Managing and Leasing); Partner, Goodwin
                                                                        Enterprises (Retail). Prior to 1999, Vice President and
                                                                        Treasurer, Palmer News, Inc.; Vice President, M/S News,
                                                                        Ind. and Secretary, Kansas City Periodicals.
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Mark L. Morris, Jr.,** 66                     Director                  Veterinary Nutrition Consultant; Independent Investor,
(Birth date: February 3, 1934)                                          Morris Co. (Personal Investments). Former General Partner,
5500 SW 7th Street                                                      Mark Morris Associates (Veterinary Research and Education)
Topeka, Kansas 66606                                                    Research and Education)
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Maynard Oliverius, 56                         Director                  President and Chief Executive Officer,
(Birth date: December 18, 1943)                                         Stormont-Vail HealthCare
1500 SW 10th Avenue
Topeka, Kansas 66604
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James R. Schmank,* 47                  Director and President           President and Managing Member Representative, Security
(Birth date: February 21, 1953)                                         Management Company, LLC; Senior Vice President, Security
                                                                        Benefit Group, Inc. and Security Benefit Life Insurance
                                                                        Company
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Amy J. Lee, 38                               Secretary                  Secretary, Security Management Company, LLC; Vice
(Birth date: June 5, 1961)                                              President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant
                                                                        Secretary, Security Benefit Group, Inc. and
                                                                        Security Benefit Life Insurance Company
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Brenda M. Harwood, 36                        Treasurer                  Assistant Vice President and Treasurer, Security
(Birth date: November 3, 1963)                                          Management Company, LLC; Assistant Vice President,
                                                                        Security Benefit Group, Inc. and Security Benefit
                                                                        Life Insurance Company
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Steven M. Bowser, 40                       Vice President               Vice President and Portfolio Manager, Security
(Birth date: February 11, 1960)            (Income Fund)                Management Company, LLC; Vice President, Security Benefit
                                                                        Group, Inc. and Security Benefit Life Insurance Company
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Thomas A. Swank, 40                        Vice President               Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager, Security
(Birth date: January 10, 1960)             (Income Fund)                Management Company, LLC; Senior Vice President and Chief
                                                                        Investment Officer, Security Benefit Group, Inc. and
                                                                        Security Benefit Life Insurance Company
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Christopher D. Swickard, 34             Assistant Secretary             Assistant Secretary, Security Management Company, LLC;
(Birth date: October 9, 1965)                                           Assistant Vice President and Assistant Counsel, Security
                                                                        Benefit Group, Inc. and Security Benefit Life Insurance
                                                                        Company
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<FN>
 *These directors are deemed to be "interested persons" of the Fund.

**These  directors  serve on the Fund's  audit  committee,  the purpose of which (among  other  things) is to meet with  independent
  auditors,  to review the work of the auditors,  and to oversee the handling by Security Management Company,  LLC of the accounting
  function for the Fund.
</FN>
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</TABLE>

The  officers of the Funds hold  identical  offices with each of the other Funds
managed by the Investment Manager, except Messrs. Bowser and Swank, who are also
Vice  Presidents of SBL Fund. The directors of the Funds also serve as directors
of each of the other  Funds  managed by the  Investment  Manager.  See the table
under "Investment  Management," page 35, for positions held by such persons with
the Investment  Manager.  Ms. Lee holds  identical  offices for the  Distributor
(Security  Distributors,  Inc.).  Messrs.  Cleland,  Schmank  and Young are also
directors.  Mr. Cleland is Vice  President,  and Ms. Harwood is Treasurer of the
Distributor.

REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS AND OTHERS

The Funds' directors, except those directors who are "interested persons" of the
Funds,  receive from each Fund an annual  retainer of $2,000 and a fee of $2,500
per  meeting,  plus  reasonable  travel  costs,  for each  meeting  of the board
attended.  In addition,  certain  directors  who are members of the Funds' joint
audit committee  receive a fee of $1,500 per meeting and reasonable travel costs
for each  meeting  of the Funds'  audit  committee  attended.  The  meeting  fee
(including   the  audit   committee   meeting)   and   travel   costs  are  paid
proportionately  by each of the seven registered  investment  companies to which
the Adviser provides investment advisory services  (collectively,  the "Security
Fund Complex") based on the Fund's net assets.

The Funds do not pay any fees to, or reimburse  expenses of, their directors who
are considered "interested persons" of the Fund. The aggregate compensation paid
by the Fund to each of the directors  during the fiscal year ended  December 31,
1999,  and the  aggregate  compensation  paid to  each of the  directors  during
calendar  year  1999  by  the  Security  Fund  Complex,  are  set  forth  in the
accompanying  chart.  Each of the  directors  is a director of each of the other
registered investment companies in the Security Fund Complex.

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                                                                 PENSION OR RETIREMENT
NAME OF DIRECTOR                                                  BENEFITS ACCRUED AS
OF THE FUND                  AGGREGATE COMPENSATION              PART OF FUND EXPENSES            ESTIMATED      TOTAL COMPENSATION
                        --------------------------------    --------------------------------        ANNUAL        FROM THE SECURITY
                        INCOME    MUNICIPAL                 INCOME    MUNICIPAL                 BENEFITS UPON       FUND COMPLEX,
                         FUND     BOND FUND    CASH FUND     FUND     BOND FUND    CASH FUND      RETIREMENT     INCLUDING THE FUNDS
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<S>                     <C>        <C>          <C>           <C>        <C>          <C>             <C>              <C>
Donald A. Chubb, Jr.    $2,542     $2,542       $2,542        $0         $0           $0              $0               $30,500
John D. Cleland              0          0            0         0          0            0               0                     0
Penny A. Lumpkin         2,458      2,458        2,458         0          0            0               0                29,500
Mark L. Morris, Jr.      2,542      2,542        2,542         0          0            0               0                30,500
Maynard Oliverius        2,542      2,542        2,542         0          0            0               0                30,500
James R. Schmank             0          0            0         0          0            0               0                     0
Harold G. Worswick*          0          0            0         0          0            0               0                     0
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*Mr. Worswick,  formerly a director of the Security Funds,  received  deferred  compensation in the amount of $8,386 during the year
 ended December 31, 1999.
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</TABLE>

As  of  March  31,  2000,  the  Funds'  officers  and  directors  (as  a  group)
beneficially  owned  less  than 1% of the  total  outstanding  Class A shares of
Diversified  Income,  High Yield and Municipal Bond Funds.  Cash Fund's officers
and  directors  (as a  group)  beneficially  owned  less  than  1% of the  total
outstanding  shares  as of  March  31,  2000.  None of the  Funds'  officers  or
directors owned Class B shares of the Funds.

PRINCIPAL HOLDERS OF SECURITIES

As of March 31, 2000,  Security  Benefit Group,  Inc.  ("SBG"),  700 SW Harrison
Street, Topeka, Kansas,  66636-0001,  owned, of record and beneficially,  27% of
the voting  securities of High Yield Fund (46% of the total  outstanding Class A
shares  and 71% of the  total  outstanding  Class B  shares).  SBG's  percentage
ownership of High Yield Fund may permit SBG to  effectively  control the outcome
of any matters submitted to a vote of shareholders of these two funds. SBG is an
insurance  and  financial  services  holding  company  wholly-owned  by Security
Benefit Life Insurance Company ("SBL"), 700 SW Harrison Street,  Topeka,  Kansas
66636-0001.  SBG and SBL are  incorporated  under  the  laws of  Kansas.  SBG is
ultimately  controlled  by  Security  Benefit  Mutual  Holding  Company,  700 SW
Harrison Street,  Topeka, Kansas 66636-0001,  a mutual holding company organized
under the laws of Kansas.

As of March 31, 2000, the following  entities owned, of record and beneficially,
5% or more of a class of a Fund's outstanding securities:

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                                      FUND              CLASS         PERCENTAGE
NAME OF STOCKHOLDER                  OWNED              OWNED           OWNED
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SBL                            Diversified Income      Class A          11.1
                                   High Yield          Class A          16.6
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SBG                                High Yield          Class A          45.5
                                   High Yield          Class B          70.7
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Oklahoma Co. Employee          Diversified Income      Class A          20.8
Retirement Fund
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Capitol Federal                Diversified Income      Class A          17.9
Foundation
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Sisters of St. Francis             High Yield          Class A          11.1
Ministry Fund
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William R. McDonough,
Ttee, David N. Fletcher,           High Yield          Class B           7.1
Rev. Trust B/U/A 5/29/98
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Margaret C. Lyddon and
Nancy Lyddon Sutherland          Municipal Bond        Class B           13.4
Trste, Margaret C. Lyddon
Trust dtd 11/24/97
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Eugene Vernon Speakes
Trste and Mary Rebecca           Municipal Bond        Class B           9.9
Speakes Trste, Speakes
Living Trust dtd 2/26/86
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Thomas A. Irvine and             Municipal Bond        Class B          13.1
Regina A. Irvine
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Nelva Jo Davis, Trste, NJT       Municipal Bond        Class B           5.9
Trust Number 1 dtd 3/24/97
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Ollie M. Boyer                   Municipal Bond        Class B           7.4
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Dorothy Kalomiris Ttee,
Dorothy Kalomiris Rev.           Municipal Bond        Class B           5.0
Trust U/A 10/23/93
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Bernice B. Schickling            Municipal Bond        Class B          29.2
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HOW TO PURCHASE SHARES

As discussed below,  shares of Diversified Income, High Yield and Municipal Bond
Funds may be purchased  with either a front-end  or  contingent  deferred  sales
charge. Shares of Cash Fund are offered by the Fund without a sales charge. Each
of the Funds reserves the right to withdraw all or any part of the offering made
by this Prospectus and to reject purchase orders.

As a convenience to investors and to save operating  expenses,  the Funds do not
issue   certificates  for  Fund  shares  except  upon  written  request  by  the
stockholder.

DIVERSIFIED   INCOME,   HIGH  YIELD  AND   MUNICIPAL   BOND  FUNDS  --  Security
Distributors,  Inc. (the  "Distributor"),  700 SW Harrison,  Topeka,  Kansas,  a
wholly-owned   subsidiary  of  Security   Benefit  Group,   Inc.,  is  principal
underwriter  for  Diversified  Income,  High  Yield and  Municipal  Bond  Funds.
Investors may purchase shares of these Funds through  authorized dealers who are
members of the National  Association  of Securities  Dealers,  Inc. In addition,
banks and other financial institutions may make shares of the Funds available to
their customers. (Banks and other financial institutions that make shares of the
Funds  available to their  customers in Texas must be registered with that state
as securities dealers.) The minimum initial purchase must be $100 and subsequent
purchases must be $100 unless made through an  Accumulation  Plan which allows a
minimum  initial  purchase  of  $100  and  subsequent  purchases  of  $20.  (See
"Accumulation  Plan,"  page  34.)  An  application  may  be  obtained  from  the
Distributor.

Orders for the  purchase of shares of the Funds will be confirmed at an offering
price equal to the net asset value per share next  determined  after  receipt of
the order in proper form by the  Distributor  (generally  as of the close of the
Exchange on that day) plus the sales charge in the case of Class A shares of the
Funds.  Orders  received  by  dealers or other  firms  prior to the close of the
Exchange and received by the Distributor  prior to the close of its business day
will be  confirmed  at the  offering  price  effective  as of the  close  of the
Exchange on that day.  Dealers and other financial  services firms are obligated
to transmit orders promptly.

ALTERNATIVE  PURCHASE  OPTIONS --  Diversified  Income  Fund and High Yield Fund
offer three classes of shares, Class A, Class B and Class C. Municipal Bond Fund
offers two classes of shares, Class A and Class B.

CLASS A SHARES -- FRONT-END  LOAD  OPTION.  Class A shares are sold with a sales
charge at the time of purchase. Class A shares are not subject to a sales charge
when they are redeemed  (except that shares sold in an amount of  $1,000,000  or
more without a front-end  sales charge will be subject to a contingent  deferred
sales charge of 1% for one year).  See Appendix A for a discussion of "Rights of
Accumulation"  and "Statement of  Intention,"  which options may serve to reduce
the front-end sales charge.

CLASS B SHARES -- BACK-END LOAD OPTION.  Class B shares are sold without a sales
charge at the time of  purchase,  but are subject to a deferred  sales charge if
they are redeemed within five years of the date of purchase. Class B shares will
automatically convert tax-free to Class A shares at the end of eight years after
purchase.

CLASS C SHARES -- LEVEL LOAD  OPTION.  Class C shares  are sold  without a sales
charge at the time of purchase,  but are subject to a contingent  deferred sales
charge if they are redeemed within one year of the date of purchase.

The decision as to which class is more beneficial to an investor  depends on the
amount and intended length of the investment. Investors who would rather pay the
entire cost of  distribution  at the time of  investment,  rather than spreading
such cost over  time,  might  consider  Class A shares.  Other  investors  might
consider Class B or Class C shares,  in which case 100% of the purchase price is
invested  immediately,  depending on the amount of the purchase and the intended
length of investment.

Dealers or others receive  different  levels of compensation  depending on which
class of shares they sell.

CLASS A SHARES -- Class A shares of Diversified Income, High Yield and Municipal
Bond Funds are  offered  at net asset  value  plus an  initial  sales  charge as
follows:

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                                            SALES CHARGE
                             ---------------------------------------------------
                               APPLICABLE
AMOUNT OF                      PERCENTAGE        PERCENTAGE OF        PERCENTAGE
PURCHASE AT                    OF OFFERING        NET AMOUNT         REALLOWABLE
OFFERING PRICE                   PRICE             INVESTED           TO DEALERS
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Less than $50,000 ............   4.75%               4.99%               4.00%
$50,000 but less
   than $100,000 .............   3.75                3.90                3.00
$100,000 but less
   than $250,000 .............   2.75                2.83                2.20
$250,000 but less
   than $1,000,000 ...........   1.75                1.78                1.40
$1,000,000 or more ...........   None                None            (See below)
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Purchases of Class A shares of these Funds in amounts of  $1,000,000 or more are
at net asset value  (without a sales  charge),  but are subject to a  contingent
deferred sales charge of 1% in the event of redemption within one year following
purchase.  For a  discussion  of  the  contingent  deferred  sales  charge,  see
"Calculation  and Waiver of  Contingent  Deferred  Sales  Charges"  page 32. The
Distributor  will pay a commission to dealers on purchases of $1,000,000 or more
as follows: 1.00% on sales up to $5,000,000, plus .50% on sales of $5,000,000 or
more up to  $10,000,000,  and .10% on any  amount of  $10,000,000  or more.  The
Underwriter may also pay a commission of up to 1% to dealers who initiate or are
responsible  for  purchases of $500,000 or more by certain  retirement  plans as
described under "Purchases at Net Asset Value" in the prospectus. Such purchases
may  be  subject  to a  deferred  sales  charge  of up to 1% in the  event  of a
redemption within one year of the purchase.

SECURITY  INCOME AND  MUNICIPAL  BOND FUNDS'  CLASS A  DISTRIBUTION  PLANS -- As
discussed  in the  Prospectus,  each  of  Diversified  Income,  High  Yield  and
Municipal Bond Funds has a Distribution  Plan for its Class A shares pursuant to
Rule 12b-1 under the Investment  Company Act of 1940. Each Plan authorizes these
Funds to pay an annual fee to the  Distributor  of .25% of the average daily net
asset  value of the Class A shares of each Fund to  finance  various  activities
relating to the  distribution  of such shares of the Funds to  investors.  These
expenses include, but are not limited to, the payment of compensation (including
compensation  to  securities  dealers  and  other  financial   institutions  and
organizations)  to obtain various  administrative  services for each Fund. These
services  include,  among  other  things,  processing  new  shareholder  account
applications  and serving as the primary  source of  information to customers in
answering  questions  concerning each Fund and their transactions with the Fund.
The Distributor is also authorized to engage in advertising, the preparation and
distribution of sales literature and other  promotional  activities on behalf of
each Fund.  The  Distributor  is  required  to report in writing to the Board of
Directors  of Income  Fund and the board  will  review  at least  quarterly  the
amounts and purpose of any payments made under the Plan. The Distributor is also
required to furnish the board with such other  information  as may reasonably be
requested  in order to enable  the board to make an  informed  determination  of
whether the Plan should be continued.

For Income Fund, the Plan became effective on August 15, 1985, as to Diversified
Income Fund and was adopted  with respect to the High Yield Fund on May 3, 1996.
For Municipal  Bond Fund,  the Plan became  effective on May 1, 1998.  Each Plan
will continue from year to year,  provided that such  continuance is approved at
least  annually by a vote of a majority of the Board of  Directors of each Fund,
including a majority of the  independent  directors  cast in person at a meeting
called  for the  purpose  of  voting on such  continuance.  The Plan can also be
terminated  at any  time on 60  days'  written  notice,  without  penalty,  if a
majority of the  disinterested  directors  or the Class A  shareholders  vote to
terminate the Plan.  Any agreement  relating to the  implementation  of the Plan
terminates  automatically  if it is  assigned.  The Plans may not be  amended to
increase  materially the amount of payments  thereunder  without approval of the
Class A shareholders of the Funds.

Because  all amounts  paid  pursuant  to the  Distribution  Plan are paid to the
Distributor,  the Investment Manager and its officers,  directors and employees,
including  Messrs.  Cleland and Schmank  (directors of the Fund) and Ms. Lee and
Ms.  Harwood  (officers  of the  Fund),  all may be  deemed  to have a direct or
indirect  financial  interest in the operation of the Distribution Plan. None of
the  independent  directors has a direct or indirect  financial  interest in the
operation of the Distribution Plan.

Benefits  from  the  Distribution  Plan  may  accrue  to  the  Funds  and  their
stockholders  from the  growth  in assets  due to sales of shares to the  public
pursuant to the Distribution  Agreement with the  Distributor.  Increases in the
Diversified  Income,  High Yield and Municipal Bond Funds' net assets from sales
pursuant to its  Distribution  Plan and  Agreement may benefit  shareholders  by
reducing per share expenses,  permitting  increased  investment  flexibility and
diversification of the Fund's assets, and facilitating economies of scale (E.G.,
block purchases) in the Fund's securities transactions.

Distribution  fees paid by Class A stockholders  of Diversified  Income and High
Yield Funds to the  Distributor  under the Plan for the year ended  December 31,
1999  totaled  $190,939.  In  addition,  $118,632  was carried  forward from the
previous plan year.  Approximately $102,939 of this amount was paid as a service
fee to broker/dealers and $118,487 was spent on promotions, resulting in a carry
forward  amount of $88,145  going into the 2000 plan year.  The amount  spent on
promotions  consists  primarily  of amounts  reimbursed  to dealers for expenses
(primarily travel,  meals and lodging) incurred in connection with attendance by
their representatives at educational meetings concerning  Diversified Income and
High Yield  Funds.  The  Distributor  may engage the  services of an  affiliated
advertising  agency for  advertising,  preparation of sales literature and other
distribution-related activities.

CLASS B SHARES -- Class B shares of Diversified Income, High Yield and Municipal
Bond Funds are offered at net asset value, without an initial sales charge. With
certain  exceptions,  these Funds may impose a deferred  sales  charge on shares
redeemed within five years of the date of purchase.  No deferred sales charge is
imposed on amounts redeemed thereafter. If imposed, the deferred sales charge is
deducted from the redemption proceeds otherwise payable to the stockholder.  The
deferred sales charge is retained by the Distributor.

Whether a  contingent  deferred  sales  charge is imposed  and the amount of the
charge will depend on the number of years since the stockholder  made a purchase
payment  from  which an amount is being  redeemed,  according  to the  following
schedule:

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                 YEAR SINCE PURCHASE        CONTINGENT DEFERRED
                   PAYMENT WAS MADE            SALES CHARGE
               --------------------------------------------------
                        First                       5%
                       Second                       4%
                        Third                       3%
                       Fourth                       3%
                        Fifth                       2%
                 Sixth and Following                0%
               --------------------------------------------------

Class B shares (except shares  purchased  through the  reinvestment of dividends
and other  distributions  with  respect  to Class B shares)  will  automatically
convert on the eighth  anniversary  of the date such  shares were  purchased  to
Class A shares which are subject to a lower  distribution  fee.  This  automatic
conversion of Class B shares will take place  without  imposition of a front-end
sales charge or exchange fee. (Conversion of Class B shares represented by stock
certificates will require the return of the stock certificates to the Investment
Manager.)  All shares  purchased  through  reinvestment  of dividends  and other
distributions  with respect to Class B shares  ("reinvestment  shares")  will be
considered  to be held in a  separate  subaccount.  Each time any Class B shares
(other than those held in the subaccount)  convert to Class A shares, a pro rata
portion of the  reinvestment  shares held in the subaccount will also convert to
Class A shares.  Class B shares so  converted  will no longer be  subject to the
higher  expenses borne by Class B shares.  Because the net asset value per share
of the Class A shares  may be higher or lower than that of the Class B shares at
the  time  of  conversion,  although  the  dollar  value  will  be the  same,  a
shareholder  may receive  more or less Class A shares than the number of Class B
shares  converted.  Under  current  law,  it is the Funds'  opinion  that such a
conversion  will not constitute a taxable event under federal income tax law. In
the event that this ceases to be the case,  the Board of Directors will consider
what action,  if any, is  appropriate  and in the best  interests of the Class B
stockholders.

CLASS B  DISTRIBUTION  PLAN  --  Each of  Diversified  Income,  High  Yield  and
Municipal  Bond Funds bear some of the costs of selling its Class B shares under
a  Distribution  Plan  adopted  with  respect  to its  Class B shares  ("Class B
Distribution  Plan") pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment  Company Act of
1940  ("1940  Act").  This  Plan  was  adopted  by the  Board  of  Directors  of
Diversified  Income  and  Municipal  Bond Funds on July 23,  1993.  The Plan was
adopted  with respect to the High Yield Fund on May 3, 1996.  The Plan  provides
for payments at an annual rate of 1.00% of the average  daily net asset value of
Class B shares.  Amounts paid by the Funds are currently used to pay dealers and
other  firms  that  make  Class B  shares  available  to their  customers  (1) a
commission at the time of purchase  normally equal to 4.00% of the value of each
share sold and (2) a service fee payable for the first year, initially,  and for
each year  thereafter,  quarterly,  in an amount  equal to .25%  annually of the
average  daily net asset value of Class B shares sold by such  dealers and other
firms and remaining outstanding on the books of the Funds.

Rules of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD") limit the
aggregate  amount that each Fund may pay annually in distribution  costs for the
sale of its Class B shares to 6.25% of gross  sales of Class B shares  since the
inception of the  Distribution  Plan, plus interest at the prime rate plus 1% on
such  amount  (less  any  contingent  deferred  sales  charges  paid by  Class B
shareholders to the Distributor). The Distributor intends, but is not obligated,
to continue to pay or accrue  distribution  charges  incurred in connection with
the Class B Distribution Plan which exceed current annual payments  permitted to
be received by the Distributor from the Funds.  The Distributor  intends to seek
full  payment of such  charges  from the Fund  (together  with  annual  interest
thereon  at the prime  rate plus 1%) at such time in the  future  as, and to the
extent that, payment thereof by the Funds would be within permitted limits.

Each Fund's Class B  Distribution  Plan may be terminated at any time by vote of
its directors who are not interested  persons of the Fund as defined in the 1940
Act or by vote of a majority of the outstanding Class B shares. In the event the
Class B  Distribution  Plan is  terminated  by the Class B  stockholders  or the
Funds' Board of Directors,  the payments made to the Distributor pursuant to the
Plan up to that time would be retained by the Distributor. Any expenses incurred
by the  Distributor  in  excess  of  those  payments  would be  absorbed  by the
Distributor.  Distribution  fees  paid by Class B  stockholders  of  Diversified
Income,  High Yield and Municipal Bond Funds to the  Distributor  under the Plan
for the year  ended  December  31,  1999,  totaled  $205,030.  The Funds make no
payments in  connection  with the sales of their  Class B shares  other than the
distribution fee paid to the Distributor.

CLASS C SHARES -- Class C shares  are  offered  at net asset  value,  without an
initial sales charge. With certain  exceptions,  the Funds may impose a deferred
sales  charge on shares  redeemed  within one year of the date of  purchase.  No
deferred sales charge is imposed on amounts redeemed thereafter. If imposed, the
deferred sales charge is deducted from the redemption proceeds otherwise payable
to you. The deferred sales charge is retained by the Distributor.

CLASS C DISTRIBUTION  PLAN --  Diversified  Income Fund and High Yield Fund bear
some of the  costs of  selling  its  Class C shares  under a  Distribution  Plan
adopted  with  respect  to its  Class C shares  ("Class  C  Distribution  Plan")
pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. This Plan provides for payments at an
annual  rate of 1.00% of the  average  daily net asset  value of Class C shares.
Amounts paid by the Fund are currently  used to pay dealers and other firms that
make Class C shares available to their customers (1) a commission at the time of
purchase  normally  equal to .75% of the value of each share sold,  and for each
year thereafter,  quarterly,  in an amount equal to .75% annually of the average
daily net asset value of Class C shares sold by such dealers and other firms and
remaining outstanding on the books of the Fund and (2) a service fee payable for
the first year initially, and for each year thereafter,  quarterly, in an amount
equal to .25%  annually of the  average  daily net asset value of Class C shares
sold by such dealers and other firms and remaining  outstanding  on the books of
the Fund.

Rules of the NASD limit the  aggregate  amount  that a Fund may pay  annually in
distribution costs for the sale of its Class C shares to 6.25% of gross sales of
Class C shares since the inception of the  Distribution  Plan,  plus interest at
the  prime  rate plus 1% on such  amount  (less any  contingent  deferred  sales
charges  paid by  Class C  shareholders  to the  Distributor).  The  Distributor
intends, but is not obligated, to continue to pay or accrue distribution charges
incurred in connection  with the Class C Distribution  Plan which exceed current
annual payments  permitted to be received by the Distributor from the Funds. The
Distributor intends to seek full payment of such charges from the Fund (together
with  annual  interest  thereon  at the prime  rate plus 1%) at such time in the
future as, and to the extent that,  payment thereof by the Funds would be within
permitted limits.

The Fund's Class C  Distribution  Plan may be  terminated at any time by vote of
its directors who are not interested  persons of the Fund as defined in the 1940
Act or by vote of a majority of the outstanding Class C shares. In the event the
Class C  Distribution  Plan is  terminated  by the Class C  stockholders  or the
Fund's Board of Directors,  the payments made to the Distributor pursuant to the
Plan up to that time would be retained by the Distributor. Any expenses incurred
by the  Distributor  in  excess  of  those  payments  would be  absorbed  by the
Distributor.  The Fund makes no payments in  connection  with the sales of their
shares other than the distribution fee paid to the Distributor.

CALCULATION  AND WAIVER OF CONTINGENT  DEFERRED  SALES CHARGES -- Any contingent
deferred sales charge imposed upon redemption of Class A shares (purchased in an
amount  of  $1,000,000  or more)  and  Class B shares  and  Class C shares  is a
percentage  of the lesser of (1) the net asset  value of the shares  redeemed or
(2) the net cost of such shares. No contingent  deferred sales charge is imposed
upon redemption of amounts derived from (1) increases in the value above the net
cost of such  shares due to  increases  in the net asset  value per share of the
Fund; (2) shares acquired  through  reinvestment of income dividends and capital
gain distributions;  or (3) Class A shares (purchased in an amount of $1,000,000
or more) or Class C shares  held for more  than one year or Class B shares  held
for more than five years. Upon request for redemption, shares not subject to the
contingent deferred sales charge will be redeemed first. Thereafter, shares held
the longest will be the first to be redeemed.

The  contingent  deferred  sales charge is waived:  (1) following the death of a
stockholder  if  redemption  is made within one year after  death,  (2) upon the
disability  (as defined in Section  72(m)(7) of the Internal  Revenue Code) of a
stockholder  prior to age 65 if  redemption  is made  within  one year after the
disability,  provided such disability  occurred after the stockholder opened the
account; (3) in connection with required minimum distributions in the case of an
IRA,  SAR-SEP or Keogh or any other  retirement  plan  qualified  under  Section
401(a),  401(k) or 403(b) of the Code; and (4) in the case of distributions from
retirement  plans  qualified  under  Section  401(a) or  401(k) of the  Internal
Revenue  Code due to (i)  returns  of excess  contributions  to the  plan,  (ii)
retirement of a participant in the plan,  (iii) a loan from the plan  (repayment
of loans,  however,  will  constitute  new sales for purposes of  assessing  the
CDSC),  (iv) "financial  hardship" of a participant in the plan, as that term is
defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.401(k)-1(d)(2), as amended from time to
time, (v) termination of employment of a participant in the plan, (vi) any other
permissible  withdrawal  under the terms of the plan.  The  contingent  deferred
sales charge will also be waived in the case of certain  redemptions  of Class B
shares of the Funds pursuant to a systematic withdrawal program (See "Systematic
Withdrawal Program," page 34).

ARRANGEMENTS  WITH  BROKER/DEALERS  AND  OTHERS  -- The  Investment  Manager  or
Distributor,  from  time to  time,  will pay a bonus to  certain  dealers  whose
representatives  have sold or are  expected to sell  significant  amounts of the
Funds  and/or  certain  other Funds  managed by the  Investment  Manager.  Bonus
compensation  may include  reallowance  of the entire  sales charge and may also
include,  with  respect to Class A shares,  an amount  which  exceeds the entire
sales charge and,  with  respect to Class B shares or Class C shares,  an amount
which  exceeds  the  maximum  commission.  The  Distributor,  or the  Investment
Manager,  may also provide financial assistance to certain dealers in connection
with conferences,  sales or training programs for their employees,  seminars for
the public,  advertising,  sales  campaigns,  and/or  shareholder  services  and
programs  regarding one or more of the funds managed by the Investment  Manager.
Certain of the bonuses may be  financed by payments to the  Distributor  under a
Rule 12b-1  Distribution  Plan. The payment of bonuses will not change the price
an investor  will pay for shares or the amount that the Funds will  receive from
such sale. No compensation will be offered to the extent it is prohibited by the
laws of any state or self-regulatory agency, such as the National Association of
Securities  Dealers,  Inc.  ("NASD").  A Dealer to whom substantially the entire
sales charge of Class A shares is reallowed may be deemed to be an "underwriter"
under federal  securities  laws.  The  Distributor  also may pay banks and other
financial services firms that facilitate transactions in shares of the funds for
their clients a transaction  fee up to the level of the payments made  allowable
to dealers for the sale of such shares as described  above.  Banks and financial
institutions may be required to register as dealers pursuant to state law.

The  Investment  Manager or  Distributor  also may pay a marketing  allowance to
dealers who meet  certain  eligibility  criteria.  This  allowance  is paid with
reference to new sales of Fund shares (except shares of Cash Fund) in a calendar
year and may be  discontinued  at any time. To be eligible for this allowance in
any given year, the dealer must sell a minimum of $2,000,000 of Class A, Class B
and Class C shares during that year. The applicable  marketing allowance factors
are set forth below.

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                                                           APPLICABLE MARKETING
 AGGREGATE NEW SALES                                         ALLOWANCE FACTOR*
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 Less than $2 million .........................................    .00%
 $2 million but less than $5 million ..........................    .15%
 $5 million but less than $10 million .........................    .25%
 $10 million but less than $15 million ........................    .35%
 $15 million but less than $20 million ........................    .50%
 $20 million or more ..........................................    .75%
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*The maximum  marketing  allowance  factor  applicable per this schedule will be
 applied  to all new  sales in the  calendar  year to  determine  the  marketing
 allowance payable for such year.
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For the calendar year ended December 31, 1999, the following  dealers received a
marketing allowance:

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 DEALER                                                                AMOUNT
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 Legend Equities Corp.............................................   $167,065
 Investment Advisors & Consultants, Inc...........................    $39,609
 VSR Financial Services, Inc......................................    $15,654
 OFG Financial Services, Inc......................................    $20,352
 KMS Financial Services...........................................     $3,998
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CASH FUND--  Cash Fund  offers a single  class of shares at net asset value next
determined  after an order is accepted.  There is no sales  charge or load.  The
minimum  initial  investment in Cash Fund is $100 for each  account.  Subsequent
investments may be made in any amount of $20 or more. Cash Fund purchases may be
made in any of the following ways:

1.  BY MAIL.

    (a) A check or negotiable bank draft should be sent to:

        Security Cash Fund
        P.O. Box 2548
        Topeka, Kansas 66601-2548

    (b) Make check or draft payable to "Security Cash Fund."

    (c) For initial investment include a completed investment  application found
        at the back of the Prospectus.

2.  BY WIRE.

    (a) Call the Fund to  advise  of the  investment.  The Fund  will  supply an
        account  number  at the  time  of the  initial  investment  and  provide
        instructions for having your bank wire federal funds.

    (b) For an initial  investment,  you must also send a  completed  investment
        application to the Fund.

3.  THROUGH BROKER/DEALERS.  Investors may, if they wish, invest in Cash Fund by
    purchasing shares through registered broker/dealers. Such broker/dealers who
    process  orders  on  behalf of their  customers  may  charge a fee for their
    services.   Investments   made   directly   without  the   assistance  of  a
    broker/dealer are without charge.

Since Cash Fund  invests in money  market  securities  which  require  immediate
payment in federal funds,  monies  received from the sales of its shares must be
monies held by a commercial bank and be on deposit at one of the Federal Reserve
Banks.  A record date for each  stockholder's  investment  is  established  each
business day and used to distribute  the following  day's  dividend.  If federal
funds are received prior to 2:00 p.m. (Central time) the investment will be made
on that day and the investor will receive the following day's dividend.  Federal
funds  received  after 2:00 p.m. on any business day will not be invested  until
the following  business day. Cash Fund will not be responsible for any delays in
the wire transfer system.  All checks are accepted subject to collection at full
face value in United States funds and must be drawn in United States  dollars on
a United States bank.

PURCHASES AT NET ASSET VALUE

Class A shares of Diversified Income, High Yield and Municipal Bond Funds may be
purchased at net asset value by (1)  directors,  officers  and  employees of the
Funds, the Funds'  Investment  Manager or Distributor;  directors,  officers and
employees  of Security  Benefit  Life  Insurance  Company and its  subsidiaries;
agents licensed with Security Benefit Life Insurance  Company;  spouses or minor
children of any such  agents;  as well as the  following  relatives  of any such
directors,  officers and employees (and their spouses):  spouses,  grandparents,
parents, children,  grandchildren,  siblings, nieces and nephews; (2) any trust,
pension,  profit  sharing  or  other  benefit  plan  established  by  any of the
foregoing  corporations for persons  described above; (3) retirement plans where
third party  administrators of such plans have entered into certain arrangements
with the  Distributor or its  affiliates  provided that no commission is paid to
dealers;  and (4) officers,  directors,  partners or registered  representatives
(and their  spouses and minor  children)  of  broker/dealers  who have a selling
agreement with the Distributor.  Such sales are made upon the written  assurance
of the purchaser that the purchase is made for investment  purposes and that the
securities  will not be  transferred  or resold  except  through  redemption  or
repurchase by or on behalf of the Funds.

Life agents and  associated  personnel of  broker/dealers  must obtain a special
application from their employer or from the Distributor, in order to qualify for
such purchases.

Class A shares of Diversified Income, High Yield and Municipal Bond Funds may be
purchased at net asset value when the purchase is made on the  recommendation of
(i) a registered investment adviser,  trustee or financial  intermediary who has
authority  to make  investment  decisions on behalf of the  investor;  or (ii) a
certified  financial  planner or  registered  broker-dealer  who either  charges
periodic fees to its customers for financial  planning,  investment  advisory or
asset  management  services,  or provides such  services in connection  with the
establishment of an investment  account for which a comprehensive  "wrap fee" is
imposed.  Class A shares of  Diversified  Income,  High Yield and Municipal Bond
Funds may also be  purchased  at net asset  value when the  purchase  is made by
retirement  plans that (i) buy shares of the  Security  Funds worth  $500,000 or
more;  (ii) have 100 or more eligible  employees at the time of purchase;  (iii)
certify it expects to have annual plan  purchases of shares of Security Funds of
$200,000  or  more;  (iv)  are  provided   administrative  services  by  certain
third-party  administrators that have entered into a special service arrangement
with  the  Security  Funds  relating  to such  plans  or (v) have at the time of
purchase,  aggregate assets of at least  $1,000,000.  Purchases made pursuant to
this  provision  may be subject to a  deferred  sales  charge of up to 1% in the
event of a redemption within one year of the purchase.

The  Distributor  must be notified when a purchase is made that qualifies  under
any of the above provisions.

ACCUMULATION PLAN

Investors in Diversified  Income, High Yield or Municipal Bond Fund may purchase
shares on a periodic  basis under an  Accumulation  Plan which  provides  for an
initial investment of $100 minimum, and subsequent investments of $20 minimum at
any time. An Accumulation Plan is a voluntary  program,  involving no obligation
to make periodic  investments,  and is terminable at will.  Payments are made by
sending a check to the  Distributor who (acting as an agent for the dealer) will
purchase whole and fractional shares of the Funds as of the close of business on
the day such payment is received.  A confirmation  and statement of account will
be sent to the investor following each investment. Certificates for whole shares
will be issued  upon  request.  No  certificates  will be issued for  fractional
shares which may be withdrawn only by redemption for cash.

Investors may choose to use "Secur-O-Matic" (automatic bank draft) to make their
Fund  purchases.  There is no  additional  charge  for using  Secur-O-Matic.  An
application may be obtained from the Funds.

SYSTEMATIC WITHDRAWAL PROGRAM

A Systematic  Withdrawal  Program may be established by stockholders who wish to
receive  regular  monthly,  quarterly,  semiannual or annual  payments of $25 or
more.  A Program may also be based upon the  liquidation  of a fixed or variable
number of shares  provided that the minimum  amount is withdrawn.  However,  the
Funds do not recommend this (or any other amount) as an appropriate  withdrawal.
Shares with a current  offering  price of $5,000 or more must be deposited  with
the Investment  Manager acting as agent for the  stockholder  under the Program.
There is no service  charge on the Program as the  Investment  Manager  pays the
costs involved.

Sufficient  shares will be  liquidated  at net asset value to meet the specified
withdrawals.   Liquidation  of  shares  may  deplete  or  possibly  use  up  the
investment,  particularly in the event of a market  decline.  Payments cannot be
considered  as actual yield or income since part of such payments is a return of
capital and may constitute a taxable event to the  stockholder.  The maintenance
of a Withdrawal  Program  concurrently  with  purchases of additional  shares of
Diversified  Income,  High Yield or Municipal Bond Fund would be disadvantageous
because of the sales commission payable in respect to such purchases. During the
withdrawal  period,  no payments will be accepted  under an  Accumulation  Plan.
Income dividends and capital gains distributions are automatically reinvested at
net asset value. If an investor has an Accumulation  Plan in effect,  it must be
terminated before a Systematic Withdrawal Program may be initiated.

The stockholder receives  confirmation of each transaction showing the source of
the payment and the share  balance  remaining in the  Program.  A Program may be
terminated  on  written  notice by the  stockholder  or the  Funds,  and it will
terminate  automatically  if all shares are  liquidated  or  withdrawn  from the
account.

A  stockholder  may  establish a Systematic  Withdrawal  Program with respect to
Class B or Class C shares without the  imposition of any  applicable  contingent
deferred  sales charge,  provided that such  withdrawals  do not in any 12-month
period,  beginning  on the date the  Program is  established,  exceed 10% of the
value  of the  account  on  that  date  ("Free  Systematic  Withdrawals").  Free
Systematic  Withdrawals are not available if a Program  established with respect
to Class B or Class C shares  provides for  withdrawals  in excess of 10% of the
value of the account in any Program year and, as a result, all withdrawals under
such a Program  would be subject to any  applicable  contingent  deferred  sales
charge. Free Systematic Withdrawals will be made first by redeeming those shares
that  are not  subject  to the  contingent  deferred  sales  charge  and then by
redeeming  shares  held  the  longest.  The  contingent  deferred  sales  charge
applicable  to a redemption of Class B and Class C shares  requested  while Free
Systematic  Withdrawals  are being made will be  calculated  as described  under
"Calculation  and  Waiver of  Contingent  Deferred  Sales  Charges,"  page 32. A
Systematic Withdrawal form may be obtained from the Funds.

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

Security Management  Company,  LLC (the "Investment  Manager"),  700 SW Harrison
Street,  Topeka,  Kansas,  has  served as  investment  adviser  to Income  Fund,
Municipal  Bond Fund and Cash Fund,  respectively,  since  September  14,  1970,
October 7, 1983 and June 23, 1980. The current Investment  Advisory Contract for
each of Income  Fund,  Municipal  Bond Fund and Cash Fund is dated  November  1,
1999. The Investment  Manager also acts as investment adviser to Security Equity
Fund,  Security  Growth and Income Fund,  Security  Ultra Fund and SBL Fund. The
Investment  Manager is a limited  liability  company  controlled by its members,
Security  Benefit  Life  Insurance  Company and  Security  Benefit  Group,  Inc.
("SBG"). SBG is an insurance and financial services holding company wholly-owned
by Security  Benefit Life Insurance  Company,  700 SW Harrison  Street,  Topeka,
Kansas  66636-0001.  Security  Benefit  Life,  a stock  life  insurance  company
incorporated  under the laws of Kansas,  is controlled by Security Benefit Corp.
("SBC").  SBC is wholly-owned by Security Benefit Mutual Holding Company,  which
is in turn controlled by Security Benefit Life  policyholders.  Security Benefit
Life together with its subsidiaries,  has  approximately  $9.9 billion of assets
under management.

Pursuant to the Investment Advisory Contracts,  the Investment Manager furnishes
investment advisory,  statistical and research services to the Funds, supervises
and arranges for the  purchase  and sale of  securities  on behalf of the Funds,
provides  for the  maintenance  and  compilation  of records  pertaining  to the
investment advisory functions, and also makes certain guarantees with respect to
the Funds' annual expenses. The Investment Manager guarantees that the aggregate
annual  expenses of the  respective  Funds  (including  for any fiscal year, the
management  fee,  but  excluding   interest,   taxes,   brokerage   commissions,
extraordinary  expenses and Class B and Class C distribution fees) shall not for
Diversified  Income and High Yield Funds exceed the level of expenses  which the
Fund is permitted to bear under the most restrictive  expense limitation imposed
by any state in which shares of the Fund are then  qualified  for sale and shall
not for Cash Fund exceed 1% of the Fund's average net assets for the year.  (The
Investment  Manager is not aware of any state that  currently  imposes limits on
the level of mutual fund  expenses.)  For Municipal  Bond Fund,  the  Investment
Manager guarantees that the aggregate annual expenses of the Fund (including for
any  fiscal  year,  the   management   fee,  but  excluding   interest,   taxes,
extraordinary  expenses,  and Class A and Class B  distribution  fees) shall not
exceed 1% of the Fund's average net assets for the year. The Investment  Manager
will contribute such funds or waive such portion of its management fee as may be
necessary to insure that the aggregate expenses of the Funds will not exceed the
guaranteed maximum.

The  Investment  Manager has  engaged  Salomon  Brothers  Asset  Management  Inc
("Salomon  Brothers"),  7 World Trade  Center,  New York,  NY 10048,  to provide
investment   advisory  services  to  the  Municipal  Bond  Fund  pursuant  to  a
Sub-Advisory  Agreement dated May 1, 1998.  Pursuant to this agreement,  Salomon
Brothers furnishes  investment  advisory,  statistical and research  facilities,
supervises  and arranges for the  purchase and sale of  securities  on behalf of
Municipal Bond Fund and provides for the  compilation and maintenance of records
pertaining  to such  investment  advisory  services,  subject to the control and
supervision  of the Fund's Board of Directors and the  Investment  Manager.  For
such services,  the Investment  Manager pays Salomon Brothers an amount equal to
 .22% of the average net assets of Municipal Bond Fund, computed on a daily basis
and payable  monthly.  The  Sub-Advisory  Agreement  may be  terminated  without
penalty  at  any  time  by  either  party  on 60  days'  written  notice  and is
automatically terminated in the event of its assignment or in the event that the
Investment  Advisory  Contract  between the  Investment  Manager and the Fund is
terminated, assigned or not renewed.

Salomon  Brothers  is a  wholly-owned  subsidiary  of Salomon  Brothers  Holding
Company,  Inc.,  which is wholly-owned by Salomon Smith Barney  Holdings,  Inc.,
which  is,  in turn,  wholly-owned  by  Citigroup,  Inc.  Salomon  Brothers  was
incorporated  in 1987 and together with Salomon  Brothers  affiliates in London,
Frankfurt,  Tokyo and Hong Kong,  provides a broad range of investment  advisory
services to various individuals and institutional clients located throughout the
world  and  serves  as  investment  adviser  to  various  investment  companies.
Currently Salomon Brothers and its affiliates  manage  approximately $29 billion
in assets.

For  services  provided  to the Funds,  the  Investment  Manager is  entitled to
receive  compensation  on an annual  basis  equal to .35% of the  average  daily
closing value of the Diversified  Income Fund's net assets,  .50% of the average
daily closing value of the Municipal Bond and Cash Fund's net assets and .60% of
the  average  daily  closing  value of the High Yield  Fund's net  assets,  each
computed on a daily basis and payable monthly.  For the years ended December 31,
1999,  1998 and 1997, the Investment  Manager agreed to limit the total expenses
(including  its  compensation,  but  excluding  interest,  taxes,  extraordinary
expenses and Class B distribution  fees) to 1.1% of the average daily net assets
of the Class A shares and 1.85% of the  average  daily net assets of the Class B
shares of the Diversified Income Fund. For the years ended December 31, 1999 and
1998, the Investment Manager also agreed to limit the total expenses  (including
its compensation,  but excluding  interest,  taxes,  extraordinary  expenses and
Class B  distribution  fees) of High Yield Fund to 1.0% of the average daily net
assets of Class A shares and 2.75% of Class B shares of the Fund.  For the years
ended  December  31, 1999 and 1998,  expenses  incurred by  Municipal  Bond Fund
exceeded 1% of its  average net assets.  In  addition,  the  Investment  Manager
waived the investment  advisory fees of Diversified  Income and High Yield Funds
for the fiscal years ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997.

Each Fund will pay all of its expenses not assumed by the Investment  Manager or
the  Distributor  including  organization  expenses;  directors'  fees; fees and
expenses of custodian; taxes and governmental fees; interest charges; membership
dues; brokerage commissions; reports; proxy statements; costs of stockholder and
other  meetings;  any  distribution  fees;  and legal,  auditing and  accounting
expenses.  Each Fund will also pay for the preparation  and  distribution of the
Prospectus  to  its  stockholders  and  all  expenses  in  connection  with  its
registration  under  federal  and  state  securities  laws.  Each  Fund will pay
nonrecurring expenses as may arise, including litigation affecting it.

The Investment Advisory Contracts between Security  Management Company,  LLC and
Income Fund,  Municipal  Bond Fund and Cash Fund,  each dated  November 1, 1999,
will expire on November 1, 2001.  The contracts  are  renewable  annually by the
Funds'  Board of  Directors  or by a vote of a majority of a Fund's  outstanding
securities  and, in either event, by a majority of the board who are not parties
to the contract or interested  persons of any such party. The contracts  provide
that they may be  terminated  without  penalty at any time by either party on 60
days' notice and are automatically terminated in the event of assignment.

Pursuant to  Administrative  Services  Agreements  with the Funds dated April 1,
1987, the Investment Manager also acts as the administrative agent for the Funds
and as such performs  administrative  functions and the bookkeeping,  accounting
and pricing  functions for the Funds. For these services the Investment  Manager
receives,  on an  annual  basis,  a fee of .09% of the  average  net  assets  of
Diversified Income, High Yield and Municipal Bond Funds and .045% of the average
net assets of Cash Fund, calculated daily and payable monthly.

Under the  Administrative  Services  Agreements  discussed above, the Investment
Manager also acts as the transfer  agent for the Funds.  As such, the Investment
Manager performs all shareholder  servicing  functions,  including  transferring
record ownership,  processing  purchase and redemption  transactions,  answering
inquiries,  mailing  stockholder  communications  and  acting  as  the  dividend
disbursing agent. For these services,  the Investment Manager receives an annual
maintenance  fee  of  $8.00  per  account,   a  fee  of  $1.00  per  shareholder
transaction, and a fee of $1.00 ($.50 for Cash Fund) per dividend transaction.

During the fiscal years ended  December 31, 1999,  1998 and 1997, the Funds paid
the following amounts to the Investment Manager for its services.

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                                  INVESTMENT                     INVESTMENT     ADMINISTRATIVE      TRANSFER
                                   ADVISORY     REIMBURSEMENT   ADVISORY FEES    SERVICE FEES    AGENCY SERVICE
                                 FEES PAID TO    OF EXPENSES      WAIVED BY        PAID TO        FEES PAID TO       EXPENSE RATIO
                                  INVESTMENT    BY INVESTMENT    INVESTMENT       INVESTMENT       INVESTMENT      -----------------
         FUND             YEAR      MANAGER        MANAGER         MANAGER         MANAGER          MANAGER        CLASS A   CLASS B
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<S>                       <C>       <C>            <C>             <C>              <C>              <C>             <C>      <C>
                          1999      95,618            827          95,618           17,211           74,590          .87%     1.85%
Diversified Income Fund   1998      60,492         14,770          60,492           10,889           44,220          .93%     1.85%
                          1997      42,687              0          42,687            7,684           18,944          .60%     1.68%
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                          1999      65,106              0          65,106            9,766           14,182          .72%     1.53%
High Yield Fund           1998      55,715              0          55,715            8,357           15,743          .76%     1.53%
                          1997      41,748              0          41,748            6,557            8,425          .87%     1.80%
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                          1999      99,435         30,293               0           17,898           11,214         1.01%     1.76%
Municipal Bond Fund       1998     113,719          2,927               0           20,469           13,726          .82%     2.01%
                          1997     115,812              0               0           20,846           15,105          .82%     2.00%
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                          1999     334,020              0               0           30,062          121,225          .86%      ---
Cash Fund                 1998     326,960              0               0           29,803          125,374          .89%      ---
                          1997     238,616              0               0           21,990          119,258          .90%      ---
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The following persons are affiliated with the Funds and also with the Investment
Manager in these capacities:

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NAME                       POSITIONS WITH THE FUNDS                         POSITIONS WITH SECURITY MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC
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James R. Schmank           President and Director                           President and Managing Member Representative
John D. Cleland            Chairman of the Board and Director               Senior Vice President and Managing Member Representative
Amy J. Lee                 Secretary                                        Secretary
Brenda M. Harwood          Treasurer                                        Assistant Vice President and Treasurer
Steven M. Bowser           Vice President (Income Fund and SBL Fund only)   Vice President and Portfolio Manager
Thomas A. Swank            Vice President (Income Fund and SBL Fund only)   Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager
Christopher D. Swickard    Assistant Secretary                              Assistant Secretary
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PORTFOLIO  MANAGEMENT -- The Diversified Income, High Yield,  Municipal Bond and
Cash Funds are  managed  by the  Investment  Manager's  Fixed  Income  Team with
portfolio  managers  being  responsible  for the  day-to-day  management of each
particular  Fund.  Steve Bowser,  Vice  President  and Portfolio  Manager of the
Investment Manager,  has had day-to-day  responsibility for managing Diversified
Income  Fund since  1995.  Chris  Phalen,  Research  Analyst  of the  Investment
Manager,  has served as  co-manager of  Diversified  Income Fund since May 2000.
David  G.  Toussaint,  Portfolio  Manager  of the  Investment  Manager,  has had
day-to-day  responsibility for managing High Yield Fund since April 2000. Robert
Amodeo, Portfolio Manager of Salomon Brothers, has had day-to-day responsibility
for managing Municipal Bond Fund since September 1998.

Mr.  Bowser  joined  the  Investment  Manager  in  1992.  Prior to  joining  the
Investment  Manager,  he was Assistant Vice President and Portfolio Manager with
the Federal  Home Loan Bank of Topeka from 1989 to 1992.  He was employed at the
Federal  Reserve  Bank of Kansas City in 1988 and began his career with the Farm
Credit  System  from 1982 to 1987,  serving as a Senior  Financial  Analyst  and
Assistant Controller. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Kansas
State University in 1982.

Mr. Phalen  joined the  Investment  Manager in 1997.  Prior to 1997, he was with
Sprint PCS as a pricing analyst. Prior to joining Sprint PCS in 1997, Mr. Phalen
was employed by Security  Benefit  Group,  Inc. Mr.  Phalen  graduated  from the
University of Kansas with a bachelor of business  administration  and accounting
degree.

Mr.  Toussaint  joined  the  Investment  Manager in 2000.  Prior to joining  the
Investment  Manager,  he was with  Allstate  Insurance  Company as an investment
analyst  and in various  managerial  positions  in their  investment  operations
group. Mr. Toussaint has nine years of investment  experience and is a Chartered
Financial  Analyst.  In addition,  Mr.  Toussaint holds a CPA  certificate.  Mr.
Toussaint  earned a bachelor of arts degree in Economics  from the University of
Illinois,  a master of science degree in Accountancy from DePaul  University and
an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.

Mr. Amodeo joined Salomon  Brothers Asset Management in 1992. Prior to that, Mr.
Amodeo was a member of Salomon Brothers, Inc. Partnership Investment Group where
he was responsible for analyzing and managing various  partnership  investments.
Mr. Amodeo pioneered adaptation and the use of the Yield Book for municipal bond
portfolio management,  analysis,  performance  attribution and optimization.  He
received a B.S. in Business  Management from Long Island  University and he is a
Chartered Financial Analyst.

CODE OF ETHICS -- The Funds, the Investment Manager and the Distributor each has
adopted a written  code of ethics  (the  "Code of  Ethics")  which  governs  the
personal  securities  transactions  of "access  persons"  of the  Funds.  Access
persons may invest in securities,  including securities that may be purchased or
held by the Funds;  provided that they obtain prior clearance before engaging in
securities transactions,  subject to certain exceptions,  including an exception
for small transactions in large capitalization companies. Access persons include
officers and directors of the Funds and  Investment  Manager and employees  that
participate  in,  or  obtain  information  regarding,  the  purchase  or sale of
securities   by  the  Funds  or  whose  job   relates   to  the  making  of  any
recommendations with respect to such purchases or sales. All access persons must
report their personal securities transactions within ten days of the end of each
calendar quarter. Access persons will not be permitted to effect transactions in
a security if it: (a) is being considered for purchase or sale by the Funds; (b)
is being  purchased or sold by the Funds;  or (c) is being offered in an initial
public  offering.  Portfolio  managers are also  prohibited  from  purchasing or
selling a security  within seven calendar days before or after a Fund that he or
she manages  trades in that  security.  Any  material  violation  of the Code of
Ethics  is  reported  to the Board of the  Funds.  The Board  also  reviews  the
administration  of the Code of Ethics  on an annual  basis.  In  addition,  each
Sub-Adviser has adopted its own code of ethics to which the personal  securities
transactions of its portfolio managers and other access persons are subject. The
Code of Ethics is on public file with the Securities and Exchange Commission and
is available from the Commission.

DISTRIBUTOR

Security  Distributors,  Inc.  (the  "Distributor"),  a Kansas  corporation  and
wholly-owned subsidiary of Security Benefit Group, Inc., serves as the principal
underwriter  for shares of  Diversified  Income,  High Yield and Municipal  Bond
Funds pursuant to Distribution  Agreements dated March 27, 1984, as amended, for
Diversified  Income and High Yield Funds and October 7, 1983, for Municipal Bond
Fund.

The  Distributor  receives a maximum  commission  on Class A Shares of 4.75% and
allows a maximum discount of 4.0% from the offering price to authorized  dealers
on Fund shares sold. The discount is alike for all dealers,  but the Distributor
may increase it for specific periods at its discretion. Salespersons employed by
dealers may also be licensed to sell insurance with Security Benefit Life.

For the fiscal  years  ended  December  31,  1999 and  December  31,  1998,  the
Distributor (i) received gross underwriting  commissions on Class A shares, (ii)
retained net  underwriting  commissions  on Class A shares,  and (iii)  received
contingent  deferred  sales  charges  on  redemptions  of Class B shares  in the
amounts set forth in the table below.

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                         GROSS UNDERWRITING    NET UNDERWRITING     COMPENSATION
                             COMMISSIONS         COMMISSIONS       ON REDEMPTION
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                            1998     1999        1998    1999      1998     1999
Diversified Income Fund  $34,498  $10,939      $3,676  $1,643    $2,208  $10,847
High Yield Fund           12,912   10,997         578   1,889       127    4,770
Municipal Bond Fund       18,315   10,552       3,709   2,115     5,887    2,024
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The  Distributor  received  gross  underwriting  commissions on sales of Class A
shares and contingent  deferred sales charges on redemptions  for Class B shares
of $96,838 for Income Fund and $12,576 for Municipal  Bond Fund and retained net
underwriting commissions of $7,191 for Income Fund and $2,115 for Municipal Bond
Fund for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999.

The Distributor, on behalf of the Funds, may act as a broker in the purchase and
sale of securities not effected on a securities exchange, provided that any such
transactions  and  any  commissions   shall  comply  with  requirements  of  the
Investment  Company Act of 1940 and all rules and  regulations of the Securities
and Exchange Commission. The Distributor has not acted as a broker.

Each Fund's  Distribution  Agreement is renewable  annually either by the Funds'
Board  of  Directors  or by a  vote  of a  majority  of the  Fund's  outstanding
securities, and, in either event, by a majority of the board who are not parties
to the agreement or interested  persons of any such party. The agreements may be
terminated by either party upon 60 days' written notice.

ALLOCATION OF PORTFOLIO BROKERAGE

Transactions in portfolio  securities shall be effected in such manner as deemed
to be in the best  interest  of each  respective  Fund.  In  reaching a judgment
relative  to the  qualifications  of a  broker  or  dealer  to  obtain  the best
execution of a particular  transaction,  all relevant factors and  circumstances
will be taken into account by the Investment Manager, including consideration of
the overall  reasonableness of commissions paid to a broker,  the firm's general
execution  and  operational  capabilities,  and its  reliability  and  financial
condition. The Funds do not anticipate that they will incur a significant amount
of brokerage commissions because fixed income securities are generally traded on
a "net" basis--that is, in principal amount without the addition or deduction of
a stated brokerage commission,  although the net price usually includes a profit
to the  dealer.  The Funds will deal  directly  with the  selling or  purchasing
principal  without  incurring charges for the services of a broker on its behalf
unless it is  determined  that a better  price or  execution  may be obtained by
utilizing  the  services  of a broker.  The Funds  also may  purchase  portfolio
securities  in  underwritings  where the price  includes  a fixed  underwriter's
concession or discount.  Money market instruments may be purchased directly from
the issuer at no commission or discount.

Portfolio  transactions  that  require a broker may be  directed  to brokers who
furnish investment  information or research services to the Investment  Manager.
Such investment information and research services include advice as to the value
of  securities,   the  advisability  of  investing  in,  purchasing  or  selling
securities  and the  availability  of  securities  and  purchasers or sellers of
securities,  and furnishing analyses and reports concerning issues,  industries,
securities,  economic factors and trends, portfolio strategy, and performance of
accounts.  Such investment information and research services may be furnished by
brokers in many ways,  including:  (1) on-line data base systems,  the equipment
for which is provided by the broker,  that enable  registrant to have  real-time
access  to market  information,  including  quotations;  (2)  economic  research
services,  such as  publications,  chart  services  and advice  from  economists
concerning macroeconomic information;  and (3) analytical investment information
concerning  particular  corporations.  If a transaction  is directed to a broker
supplying such information or services, the commission paid for such transaction
may be in excess  of the  commission  another  broker  would  have  charged  for
effecting  that  transaction,  provided that the  Investment  Manager shall have
determined  in good faith that the  commission  is reasonable in relation to the
value of the investment information or the research services provided, viewed in
terms of either that particular  transaction or the overall  responsibilities of
the  Investment  Manager  with  respect to all accounts as to which it exercises
investment discretion. The Investment Manager may use all, none, or some of such
information and services in providing  investment  advisory  services to each of
the mutual funds under its management, including the Funds.

In addition,  brokerage  transactions may be placed with broker/dealers who sell
shares of the Funds  managed by the  Investment  Manager who may or may not also
provide  investment  information and research  services.  The Investment Manager
may,  consistent  with the NASD Conduct Rules,  consider sales of Fund shares in
the selection of a broker/dealer.

Securities  held by the  Funds  may  also be held by other  investment  advisory
clients of the Investment  Manager,  including other  investment  companies.  In
addition,  the  Investment  Manager's  parent  company,  Security  Benefit  Life
Insurance  Company  ("SBL"),  may also hold some of the same  securities  as the
Funds. When selecting securities for purchase or sale for a Fund, the Investment
Manager may at the same time be  purchasing or selling the same  securities  for
one or  more  of  such  other  accounts.  Subject  to the  Investment  Manager's
obligation  to seek best  execution,  such  purchases  or sales may be  executed
simultaneously  or "bunched." It is the policy of the Investment  Manager not to
favor  one  account  over  the  other.  Any  purchase  or sale  orders  executed
simultaneously  (which may also  include  orders from SBL) are  allocated at the
average  price and as nearly as  practicable  on a pro rata  basis  (transaction
costs will also  generally be shared on a pro rata basis) in  proportion  to the
amounts  desired to be purchased  or sold by each  account.  In those  instances
where it is not  practical  to  allocate  purchase  or sale orders on a pro rata
basis,  then the allocation will be made on a rotating or other equitable basis.
While it is conceivable that in certain instances this procedure could adversely
affect the price or number of shares involved in the Fund's  transaction,  it is
believed that the procedure generally contributes to better overall execution of
the  Funds'  portfolio  transactions.  The Board of  Directors  of the Funds has
adopted  guidelines  governing  this procedure and will monitor the procedure to
determine  that the  guidelines  are  being  followed  and  that  the  procedure
continues  to be in the best  interest  of the Fund and its  stockholders.  With
respect to the allocation of initial public offerings  ("IPOs"),  the Investment
Manager may determine not to purchase such  offerings for certain of its clients
(including  investment  company  clients)  due to the  limited  number of shares
typically   available  to  the  Investment  Manager  in  an  IPO.  No  brokerage
commissions  were paid by the Funds for the years ended December 31, 1999, 1998,
and 1997.

DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE

The net asset  value per  share of each  Fund is  determined  as of the close of
regular trading hours on the New York Stock Exchange (normally 3:00 p.m. Central
time) on each day that the Exchange is open for trading, which is Monday through
Friday except for the following  dates when the Exchange is closed in observance
of Federal  holidays:  New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,  Presidents'
Day, Good Friday,  Memorial Day,  Independence Day, Labor Day,  Thanksgiving Day
and Christmas Day. The  determination is made by dividing the total value of the
portfolio  securities  of each Fund,  plus any cash or other  assets  (including
dividends  accrued but not collected),  less all  liabilities,  by the number of
shares outstanding of the Fund.

Securities listed or traded on a national  securities exchange are valued at the
last sale price.  If there are no sales on a particular day, then the securities
are  valued at the last bid price.  All other  securities,  held by  Diversified
Income and High Yield Funds, for which market quotations are readily  available,
are valued on the basis of the last current bid price. If there is no bid price,
or if the bid price is deemed to be  unsatisfactory  by the Board of  Directors,
then the securities shall be valued in good faith by such method as the Board of
Directors  determines  will reflect fair market value.  Valuations of the Funds'
securities are supplied by a pricing service approved by the Board of Directors.

Valuations  furnished by the pricing  service  with  respect to  Municipal  Bond
Fund's municipal  securities are based upon appraisals from recognized municipal
securities dealers derived from information  concerning market  transactions and
quotations.  Securities for which market  quotations  are readily  available are
valued at the last  reported  sale price,  or, if no sales are  reported on that
day, at the mean between the latest  available bid and asked prices.  Securities
for which market  quotations  are not readily  available  (which are expected to
constitute  the  majority of Municipal  Bond Fund's  portfolio  securities)  are
valued  at  the  best  available  current  bid  price  by the  pricing  service,
considering  such factors as yields or prices of municipal  bonds of  comparable
quality,  type of issue,  coupon,  maturity and rating,  indications as to value
from dealers,  and general market  conditions.  The Fund's  officers,  under the
general supervision of the Board of Directors,  will regularly review procedures
used by, and valuations provided by, the pricing service.  Municipal Bond Fund's
taxable short-term  securities for which market quotations are readily available
will be valued at market value,  which is the last reported sale price or, if no
sales are reported on that day, at the mean between the latest available bid and
asked prices except that securities having 60 days or less remaining to maturity
may be valued at their amortized cost as discussed below.

Cash Fund's  securities  are valued by the amortized  cost  valuation  technique
which does not take into consideration unrealized gains or losses. The amortized
cost  valuation  technique  involves  valuing  an  instrument  at its  cost  and
thereafter  assuming a constant  amortization  to  maturity  of any  discount or
premium  regardless of the impact of  fluctuating  interest  rates on the market
value of the instrument.  While this method provides certainty in valuation,  it
may result in periods  during which value,  as determined by amortized  cost, is
higher  or  lower  than  the  price  Cash  Fund  would  receive  if it sold  the
instrument.

During periods of declining  interest  rates,  the daily yield on shares of Cash
Fund computed as described  above may tend to be higher than a like  computation
made by a fund with identical  investments utilizing a method of valuation based
upon  market  prices and  estimates  of market  prices for all of its  portfolio
instruments.  Thus, if the use of amortized  cost by Cash Fund resulted in lower
aggregate  portfolio  value on a particular  day, a prospective  investor in the
Fund would be able to obtain a somewhat  higher  yield  than would  result  from
investment in a fund  utilizing  solely market values and existing  investors in
Cash Fund would receive less  investment  income.  The converse would apply in a
period of rising interest rates.

The use of amortized cost and the maintenance of Cash Fund's per share net asset
value at $1.00 is based on its election to operate under the  provisions of Rule
2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. As a condition of operating under
that rule, the Fund must maintain a dollar-weighted  average portfolio  maturity
of 90 days or less,  purchase only instruments  having  remaining  maturities of
thirteen  months or less, and invest only in securities  which are determined by
the Board of  Directors  to present  minimal  credit risks and which are of high
quality  as  determined  by any  major  rating  service,  or in the  case of any
instrument  not  so  rated,  considered  by  the  Board  of  Directors  to be of
comparable quality.

The Board of Directors  has  established  procedures  designed to maintain  Cash
Fund's price per share, as computed for the purpose of sales and redemptions, at
$1.00.  These procedures include a review of the Fund's holdings by the Board of
Directors at such intervals as they deem  appropriate  to determine  whether the
Fund's net asset value  calculated using available  market  quotations  deviates
from $1.00 per share based on amortized  cost. If any  deviation  exceeds 1/2 of
1%, the Board of Directors will promptly  consider what action,  if any, will be
initiated.  In the event  the Board of  Directors  determines  that a  deviation
exists  which  may  result in  material  dilution  or other  unfair  results  to
investors  or existing  shareholders,  they have agreed to take such  corrective
action as they regard as necessary and  appropriate,  including the sale of some
instruments in Cash Fund's  portfolio  prior to maturity to shorten average Fund
maturity  or  withholding  dividends.  Cash  Fund will use its best  efforts  to
maintain a  constant  net asset  value per share of $1.00.  See  "Security  Cash
Fund," page 11, and  "Dividends  and Taxes," page 44. Since  dividends  from net
investment  income will be accrued daily and paid  monthly,  the net asset value
per share of Cash Fund will  ordinarily  remain at $1.00,  but the Fund's  daily
dividends will vary in amount.

Diversified  Income Fund,  High Yield Fund and  Municipal  Bond Fund may use the
amortized cost  valuation  technique  utilized by Cash Fund for securities  with
maturities of 60 days or less. In addition,  Diversified  Income, High Yield and
Municipal Bond Funds may use a similar  procedure for securities  having 60 days
or less  remaining  to maturity  with the value of the  security on the 61st day
being used rather than the cost.

The Funds will accept  orders from dealers on each  business day up to 4:30 p.m.
(Central time).

HOW TO REDEEM SHARES

A  stockholder  may redeem shares at the net asset value next  determined  after
such shares are tendered for redemption. The amount received may be more or less
than the  investor's  cost,  depending  upon the market  value of the  portfolio
securities at the time of redemption.

Shares  will be redeemed on request of the  stockholder  in proper  order to the
Investment Manager, which serves as the Funds' transfer agent. A request is made
in proper order by submitting the following items to the Investment Manager: (1)
a written request for redemption  signed by all registered owners exactly as the
account is registered,  including  fiduciary  titles, if any, and specifying the
account  number and the dollar amount or number of shares to be redeemed;  (2) a
guarantee of all signatures on the written  request or on the share  certificate
or accompanying  stock power; (3) any share  certificates  issued for any of the
shares to be redeemed; and (4) any additional documents which may be required by
the Investment  Manager for redemption by corporations  or other  organizations,
executors, administrators,  trustees, custodians or the like. Transfers of share
ownership  are subject to the same  requirements.  A signature  guarantee is not
required  for  redemptions  of $10,000 or less,  requested by and payable to all
stockholders of record for an account,  to be sent to the address of record. The
signature guarantee must be provided by an eligible guarantor institution,  such
as a bank,  broker,  credit  union,  national  securities  exchange  or  savings
association.  The Investment  Manager reserves the right to reject any signature
guarantee pursuant to its written procedures which may be revised in the future.
To avoid delay in redemption or transfer,  stockholders  having questions should
contact the Investment Manager.

The amount due on  redemption,  will be the net asset  value of the shares  next
computed  after the  redemption  request  in  proper  order is  received  by the
Investment  Manager less any  applicable  deferred  sales  charge.  In addition,
stockholders of Cash Fund will receive any  undistributed  dividends,  including
any dividend  declared on the day of the  redemption.  Payment of the redemption
price will be made by check (or by wire at the sole discretion of the Investment
Manager if wire  transfer is requested,  including  name and address of the bank
and the  stockholder's  account  number to which  payment is to be wired) within
seven days after receipt of the  redemption  request in proper order.  The check
will  be  mailed  to the  stockholder's  registered  address  (or  as  otherwise
directed).  Remittance by wire (to a commercial bank account in the same name(s)
as the shares are  registered)  or by express mail,  if requested,  will be at a
charge of $15, which will be deducted from the redemption proceeds.

Cash Fund offers redemption by check. If blank checks are requested on the Check
Writing Request form, the Fund will make a supply available. Checks for the Cash
Fund may be drawn  payable to the order of any payee (not to cash) in any amount
of $100 or more. Checks may be cashed or deposited like any other check drawn on
a bank.  When a check  is  presented  to the Fund for  payment,  it will  redeem
sufficient  full and fractional  shares to cover the check.  Such shares will be
redeemed at the price next calculated  following receipt of any check which does
not exceed the value of the account. The price of Cash Fund shares may fluctuate
from day-to-day and the price at the time of redemption,  by check or otherwise,
may be less than the amount  invested.  Any check presented for payment which is
more than the value of the account  will be  returned  without  payment,  marked
"Insufficient  Funds." Each new stockholder will initially receive twelve checks
free of charge and such additional  checks as may be required.  Since the amount
available for withdrawal fluctuates daily, it is not practical for a stockholder
to attempt to withdraw the entire  investment  by check.  The Fund  reserves the
right to terminate  this service at any time with respect to existing as well as
future stockholders. Redemption by check is not available if any shares are held
in  certificate  form or if shares  being  redeemed  have not been on the Fund's
books for at least 15 days.

When  investing in the Funds,  stockholders  are  required to furnish  their tax
identification  number  and  to  state  whether  or  not  they  are  subject  to
withholding  for prior  underreporting,  certified under penalties of perjury as
prescribed by the Internal  Revenue  Code.  To the extent  permitted by law, the
redemption proceeds of stockholders who fail to furnish this information will be
reduced by $50 to  reimburse  for the IRS penalty  imposed for failure to report
the tax identification number on information reports.

Payment in cash of the amount due on redemption,  less any  applicable  deferred
sales charge,  for shares  redeemed will be made within seven days after tender,
except that the Funds may suspend the right of redemption during any period when
trading on the New York Stock  Exchange is restricted or such Exchange is closed
for other than weekends or holidays,  or any emergency is deemed to exist by the
Securities and Exchange Commission.  When a redemption request is received,  the
redemption  proceeds are deposited into a redemption account  established by the
Distributor  and the  Distributor  sends a check  in the  amount  of  redemption
proceeds  to the  stockholder.  The  Distributor  earns  interest on the amounts
maintained in the redemption  account.  Conversely,  the  Distributor  may cause
payments  to be made to the Funds in the case of  orders  for  purchase  of Fund
shares before it actually receives federal funds.

In addition to the foregoing redemption  procedure,  the Funds repurchase shares
from  broker/dealers  at the price determined as of the close of business on the
day such offer is confirmed.  Dealers may charge a commission on the  repurchase
of shares.

The repurchase or redemption of shares held in a  tax-qualified  retirement plan
must be  effected  through the trustee of the plan and may result in adverse tax
consequences. (See "Retirement Plans," page 50.)

At various times the Funds may be requested to redeem shares for which they have
not yet received good payment. Accordingly, the Funds may delay the mailing of a
redemption  check  until  such time as they have  assured  themselves  that good
payment  (E.G.,  cash or certified  check on a U.S. bank) has been collected for
the  purchase  of such  shares,  which may take up to 15 days from the  purchase
date.

Municipal  Bond  Fund's  Articles of  Incorporation  provide  that,  in order to
minimize  expenses,  the Fund  may,  pursuant  to a  resolution  of the Board of
Directors,  adopt a procedure  whereby it would redeem  stockholder  accounts in
which  there  are  fewer  than 50  shares  (or such  lesser  amount as the board
determines) after having given the stockholders at least 60 days' written notice
and an opportunity to increase the account to at least 50 shares. This procedure
can be implemented only after six months' prior notice to all stockholders  that
the  procedure  will be put into effect.  The Board of Directors  has no present
plan to implement an involuntary redemption procedure.

TELEPHONE  REDEMPTIONS --  Stockholders  of the Funds may redeem  uncertificated
shares  in  amounts  up to  $10,000  by  telephone  request,  provided  that the
stockholder has completed the Telephone Redemption section of the application or
a Telephone  Redemption form which may be obtained from the Investment  Manager.
The proceeds of a telephone redemption will be sent to the stockholder at his or
her  address  as  set  forth  in  the  application  or in a  subsequent  written
authorization. Once authorization has been received by the Investment Manager, a
stockholder may redeem shares by calling the Funds at (800) 888-2461,  extension
3127, on weekdays (except holidays) between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
Central time.  Redemption  requests received by telephone after the close of the
New York Stock Exchange  (normally 3:00 p.m. Central time) will be treated as if
received on the next business day.  Telephone  redemptions  are not accepted for
IRA and 403(b)(7) accounts. A stockholder who authorizes  telephone  redemptions
authorizes the  Investment  Manager to act upon the  instructions  of any person
identifying  themselves as the owner of the account or the owner's  broker.  The
Investment  Manager has  established  procedures  to confirm  that  instructions
communicated  by telephone  are genuine and will be liable for any losses due to
fraudulent  or  unauthorized  instructions  if  it  fails  to  comply  with  its
procedures.   The  Investment  Manager's  procedures  require  that  any  person
requesting  a  redemption  by  telephone  provide the account  registration  and
number, the owner's tax  identification  number, and the dollar amount or number
of shares to be redeemed,  and such  instructions must be received on a recorded
line.  Neither the Fund, the Investment  Manager,  nor the  Distributor  will be
liable for any loss,  liability,  cost or expense  arising out of any redemption
request provided that the Investment Manager complied with its procedures. Thus,
a stockholder  who authorizes  telephone  redemptions  may bear the risk of loss
from a fraudulent or unauthorized  request.  The telephone  redemption privilege
may be  changed or  discontinued  at any time by the  Investment  Manager or the
Funds.

During periods of severe market or economic  conditions,  telephone  redemptions
may be difficult to implement and  stockholders  should make redemptions by mail
as described under "How to Redeem Shares," page 41.

HOW TO EXCHANGE SHARES

Pursuant to  arrangements  with the  Distributor,  stockholders of the Funds may
exchange  their shares for shares of another of the Funds,  or for shares of the
other mutual funds  distributed  by the  Distributor,  which  currently  include
Security  Equity,  Growth  and  Income,  Global,  Ultra,  Total  Return,  Social
Awareness,  International,  Enhanced  Index,  Select  25,  Large Cap  Growth and
Technology Funds. Such transactions  generally have the same tax consequences as
ordinary sales and purchases and are not tax-free exchanges.

Shares of the  Diversified  Income Fund, High Yield Fund and Municipal Bond Fund
may  be  exchanged  for  shares  of the  same  class  of  another  of the  funds
distributed by the Distributor or for shares of Cash Fund, which offers a single
class of  shares.  Any  applicable  contingent  deferred  sales  charge  will be
calculated from the date of the initial purchase without regard to the period of
time during which shares were held in Cash Fund.

Because Cash Fund does not impose a sales charge in connection with sales of its
shares,  any exchange of Cash Fund shares  acquired  through direct  purchase or
reinvestment  of dividends will be based upon the respective net asset values of
the shares involved next determined after the exchange is accepted,  and a sales
charge will be imposed equal to the sales charge that would be applicable if the
stockholder  were  purchasing  shares of the other Fund  involved for cash.  The
amount  of  such  sales  charge  will be paid  by  Cash  Fund on  behalf  of the
exchanging  stockholder  directly to the  Distributor and the net asset value of
the shares being exchanged will be reduced by a like amount.

Stockholders  making such  exchanges  must provide the  Investment  Manager with
sufficient information to permit verification of their prior ownership of shares
of one of the other Security Funds.  Shares of Cash Fund begin earning dividends
on the day after the date an  exchange  into such shares is  effected.  Any such
exchange is subject to the minimum  investment and  eligibility  requirements of
each Fund. No service fee is presently imposed on such an exchange.

Exchanges may be  accomplished by submitting a written request to the Investment
Manager, 700 SW Harrison Street,  Topeka, Kansas 66636-0001.  Broker/dealers who
process  exchange orders on behalf of their customers may charge a fee for their
services.  Such fee would be in  addition  to any of the sales or other  charges
referred to above but may be avoided by making exchange requests directly to the
Investment  Manager.  Due  to  the  high  cost  of  exchange  activity  and  the
maintenance of accounts having a net value of less than $100, Cash Fund reserves
the right to totally  convert  the  account if at any time an  exchange  request
results in an account being lowered below the $100 minimum.

An exchange of shares,  as described  above,  may result in the realization of a
capital gain or loss for federal  income tax purposes,  depending on the cost or
other value of the shares  exchanged.  No  representation  is made as to whether
gain or loss would  result from any  particular  exchange or as to the manner of
determining  the amount of gain or loss.  (See  "Dividends and Taxes," page 44.)
Before effecting any exchange  described  herein,  the investor may wish to seek
the advice of a financial or tax adviser.

Exchanges of shares of the Funds may be made only in jurisdictions  where shares
of the fund being acquired may lawfully be sold. More complete information about
the other Security Funds,  including charges and expenses,  are contained in the
current prospectus describing each fund.  Stockholders are advised to obtain and
review carefully,  the applicable  prospectus prior to effecting any exchange. A
copy of such  prospectus  will be given  by the  Distributor  to any  requesting
stockholder.

The exchange privilege may be changed or discontinued any time at the discretion
of the  management  of the Funds  upon 60 days'  notice to  stockholders.  It is
contemplated,  however,  that this  privilege will be extended in the absence of
objection by  regulatory  authorities  and  provided  that shares of the various
funds are available and may be lawfully  sold in the  jurisdiction  in which the
stockholder resides.

EXCHANGE BY TELEPHONE -- To exchange  shares by telephone,  a  stockholder  must
have completed  either the Telephone  Exchange  section of the  application or a
Telephone Transfer  Authorization form which may be obtained from the Investment
Manager.  Authorization  must be on file  with  the  Investment  Manager  before
exchanges may be made by telephone.  Once authorization has been received by the
Investment  Manager,  a stockholder  may exchange shares by telephone by calling
the Funds at (800)  888-2461,  extension  3127,  on weekdays  (except  holidays)
between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.  Central  time.  Exchange  requests
received by telephone  after the close of the New York Stock Exchange  (normally
3:00 p.m. Central time) will be treated as if received on the next business day.
Shares which are held in certificate form may not be exchanged by telephone. The
telephone  exchange  privilege is only permitted between accounts with identical
registration.  The Investment Manager has established procedures to confirm that
instructions  communicated  by telephone  are genuine and will be liable for any
losses due to fraudulent  or  unauthorized  instructions,  if it fails to comply
with its procedures. The Investment Manager's procedures require that any person
requesting an exchange by telephone provide the account registration and number,
the tax  identification  number,  the  dollar  amount  or number of shares to be
exchanged,  and the names of the  Security  Funds  from which and into which the
exchange  is to be made,  and such  instructions  must be received on a recorded
line.  Neither the Funds,  the Investment  Manager,  nor the Distributor will be
liable for any loss,  liability,  cost or expense  arising  out of any  request,
including any fraudulent  request provided the Investment  Manager complied with
its procedures.  Thus, a stockholder who authorizes telephone exchanges may bear
the risk of loss from a  fraudulent  or  unauthorized  request.  This  telephone
exchange  privilege may be changed or discontinued at any time at the discretion
of the management of the Funds.  In particular,  the Funds may set limits on the
amount and frequency of such  exchanges,  in general or as to any individual who
abuses such privilege.

DIVIDENDS AND TAXES

The following  summarizes  certain federal income tax  considerations  generally
affecting  the Funds and their  stockholders.  No  attempt  is made to present a
detailed  explanation  of the tax treatment of the Funds or their  stockholders,
and  the  discussion  here is not  intended  as a  substitute  for  careful  tax
planning.  The  discussion  is based upon  present  provisions  of the  Internal
Revenue  Code of 1986,  as amended (the  "Code"),  the  regulations  promulgated
thereunder, and judicial and administrative ruling authorities, all of which are
subject to change, which change may be retroactive. Prospective investors should
consult  their own tax advisors with regard to the federal tax  consequences  of
the purchase,  ownership,  and  disposition  of Fund shares,  as well as the tax
consequences  arising  under the laws of any state,  foreign  country,  or other
taxing jurisdiction.

Each Fund intends to qualify  annually and to elect to be treated as a regulated
investment  company  under the Internal  Revenue  Code of 1986,  as amended (the
"Code").  To qualify as a regulated  investment  company,  each Fund must, among
other  things:  (i) derive in each taxable year at least 90% of its gross income
from dividends, interest, payments with respect to certain securities loans, and
gains  from  the sale or other  disposition  of  stock,  securities  or  foreign
currencies, or other income derived with respect to its business of investing in
such stock, securities, or currencies ("Qualifying Income Test"); (ii) diversify
its  holdings so that,  at the end of each quarter of the taxable  year,  (a) at
least 50% of the market value of the Fund's assets is represented by cash,  cash
items, U.S. Government securities,  the securities of other regulated investment
companies,  and other  securities,  with such other securities of any one issuer
limited for the purposes of this calculation to an amount not greater than 5% of
the  value  of the  Fund's  total  assets  and  10% of  the  outstanding  voting
securities  of such issuer,  and (b) not more than 25% of the value of its total
assets  is  invested  in the  securities  of any one  issuer  (other  than  U.S.
Government   securities  or  the  securities  of  other   regulated   investment
companies),  or of two or more issuers  which the Fund controls (as that term is
defined in the relevant  provisions of the Code) and which are  determined to be
engaged  in the same or  similar  trades  or  businesses  or  related  trades or
businesses;  and  (iii)  distribute  at least  90% of the sum of its  investment
company taxable income (which includes, among other items, dividends,  interest,
and net short-term  capital gains in excess of any net long-term capital losses)
and its net tax-exempt  interest each taxable year.  The Treasury  Department is
authorized to promulgate  regulations  under which foreign  currency gains would
constitute  qualifying income for purposes of the Qualifying Income Test only if
such gains are  directly  related to  investing  in  securities  (or options and
futures with respect to  securities).  To date,  no such  regulations  have been
issued.

A Fund  qualifying  as a  regulated  investment  company  generally  will not be
subject to U.S. federal income tax on its investment  company taxable income and
net  capital  gains  (any  net  long-term  capital  gains in  excess  of the net
short-term  capital losses),  if any, that it distributes to shareholders.  Each
Fund intends to distribute to its stockholders, at least annually, substantially
all of its investment company taxable income and any net capital gains.

Generally,  regulated  investment  companies,  like the Funds,  must  distribute
amounts  on a timely  basis in  accordance  with a  calendar  year  distribution
requirement in order to avoid a nondeductible 4% excise tax. Generally, to avoid
the tax, a regulated  investment  company must  distribute  during each calendar
year,  (i) at least 98% of its  ordinary  income (not  taking  into  account any
capital gains or losses) for the calendar year, (ii) at least 98% of its capital
gains in excess of its capital losses (adjusted for certain ordinary losses) for
the 12-month  period  ending on October 31 of the calendar  year,  and (iii) all
ordinary  income and capital gains for previous years that were not  distributed
during such years. To avoid  application of the excise tax, each Fund intends to
make its  distributions  in  accordance  with  the  calendar  year  distribution
requirement.  A distribution,  including an "exempt-interest  dividend," will be
treated as paid on December 31 of the calendar  year if it is declared by a Fund
in October,  November or  December of that year to  shareholders  of record on a
date in such a month  and  paid by the  Fund  during  January  of the  following
calendar year.  Such  distributions  are taxable to shareholders in the calendar
year in which the distributions  are declared,  rather than the calendar year in
which the distributions are received.

If, as a result of  exchange  controls  or other  foreign  laws or  restrictions
regarding  repatriation  of capital,  a Fund were unable to distribute an amount
equal  to  substantially  all of  its  investment  company  taxable  income  (as
determined for U.S. tax purposes) within applicable time periods, the Fund would
not qualify for the favorable  federal income tax treatment  afforded  regulated
investment companies,  or, even if it did so qualify, it might become liable for
federal taxes on  undistributed  income.  In addition,  the ability of a Fund to
obtain  timely  and  accurate  information  relating  to  its  investments  is a
significant  factor in complying with the  requirements  applicable to regulated
investment  companies in making tax-related  computations.  Thus, if a Fund were
unable to obtain  accurate  information on a timely basis, it might be unable to
qualify as a regulated  investment  company,  or its tax  computations  might be
subject to revisions  (which could result in the  imposition of taxes,  interest
and penalties).

It is the policy of Diversified  Income,  High Yield and Municipal Bond Funds to
pay dividends from net investment income monthly.  It is the policy of the Funds
to make  distributions  of  realized  capital  gains  (if any) in  excess of any
capital losses and capital loss carryovers at least once a year. Because Class A
shares  of the  Funds  bear most of the  costs of  distribution  of such  shares
through payment of a front-end sales charge, while Class B and Class C shares of
the  Funds  bear  such  costs  through  a  higher   distribution  fee,  expenses
attributable  to Class B and Class C shares,  generally  will be higher and as a
result, income distributions paid by the Funds with respect to Class B and Class
C shares generally will be lower than those paid with respect to Class A shares.
All dividends and distributions are automatically reinvested on the payable date
in shares of the Fund at net asset value,  as of the record date  (reduced by an
amount  equal  to the  amount  of the  dividend  or  distribution),  unless  the
Investment  Manager is previously  notified in writing by the  stockholder  that
such dividends or  distributions  are to be received in cash. A stockholder  may
request  that such  dividends  or  distributions  be directly  deposited  to the
stockholder's  bank account. A stockholder who elected not to reinvest dividends
or  distributions  paid with  respect to Class A shares  may, at any time within
thirty  days  after the  payment  date,  reinvest  the  dividend  check  without
imposition of a sales charge.

Cash Fund's  policy is to declare daily  dividends of all of its net  investment
income each day the Fund is open for  business,  increased  or  decreased by any
realized capital gains or losses.  Such dividends are automatically  credited to
stockholder  accounts.  Unless  stockholders  elect to receive  cash,  they will
receive such  dividends in additional  shares on the first  business day of each
month at the net asset  value on that date.  If cash is desired,  investors  may
indicate so in the  appropriate  section of the  application  and checks will be
mailed within five business days after the beginning of the month. The amount of
dividend may fluctuate from day to day. If on any day net realized or unrealized
losses on  portfolio  securities  exceed  Cash  Fund's  income  for that day and
results in a decline of net asset value per share below $1.00,  the dividend for
that day will be  omitted  until  the net asset  value  per  share  subsequently
returns to $1.00 per share.

The Funds will not pay dividends or  distributions  of less than $25 in cash but
will automatically reinvest them. Distributions of net investment income and any
short-term  capital  gains by Income  Fund or Cash Fund are  taxable as ordinary
income  whether  received in cash or  reinvested in  additional  shares.  To the
extent that  Municipal  Bond Fund's  dividends  are derived from interest on its
temporary taxable  investments or from an excess of net short-term  capital gain
over net long-term  capital loss,  its dividends are taxable as ordinary  income
whether received in cash or reinvested in additional  shares.  Such dividends do
not qualify for the dividends-received deduction for corporations.

The  excess of net  long-term  capital  gains  over  short-term  capital  losses
realized  and  distributed  by the  Funds  or  reinvested  in Fund  shares  will
generally be taxable to  shareholders  as long-term  capital  gain.  Net capital
gains from assets  held for one year or less will be taxed as  ordinary  income.
Distributions  will be subject to these  capital  gains rates  regardless of how
long a  shareholder  has held Fund shares.  Because Cash Fund  normally will not
invest in  securities  having a  maturity  of more than one year,  it should not
realize any long-term  capital  gains or losses.  Advice as to the tax status of
each year's dividends and distributions will be mailed annually.

Municipal Bond Fund intends to qualify to pay "exempt-interest dividends" to its
stockholders.  The Fund will be so qualified if, at the close of each quarter of
its  taxable  year,  at least 50% of the value of its total  assets  consists of
securities  on which the  interest  payments are exempt from federal tax. To the
extent that Municipal Bond Fund's  dividends  distributed  to  stockholders  are
derived  from  earnings  on  interest  income  exempt  from  federal tax and are
designated as  "exempt-interest  dividends" by the Fund, they will be excludable
from a  stockholder's  gross income for federal  income tax purposes.  Municipal
Bond Fund will  inform  stockholders  annually  as to the portion of that year's
distributions from the Fund which constituted "exempt-interest dividends."

Federal  tax law  imposes  an  alternative  minimum  tax  with  respect  to both
corporations and individuals based on certain items of tax preference.  Interest
on certain municipal obligations, such as bonds issued to make loans for housing
purposes or to private  entities  (but not to certain  tax-exempt  organizations
such as  universities  and  non-profit  hospitals) is included as an item of tax
preference in determining the amount of a taxpayer's alternative minimum taxable
income.  To the extent that the Fund receives income from municipal  obligations
treated as a tax preference item for purposes of the alternative  minimum tax, a
portion of the  dividends  paid by it,  although  otherwise  exempt from federal
income  tax,  will be  taxable  to  shareholders  to the  extent  that their tax
liability will be determined  under the  alternative  minimum tax. The Fund will
annually  supply  shareholders  with a report  indicating the percentage of Fund
income attributable to municipal  obligations subject to the alternative minimum
tax.  Additionally,  taxpayers must disclose to the Internal  Revenue Service on
their  tax  returns  the  entire  amount  of  tax-exempt   interest   (including
exempt-interest  dividends on shares of the Fund) received or accrued during the
year.

In  addition,  for  corporations,  the  alternative  minimum  taxable  income is
increased  by a  percentage  of the  amount by which an  alternative  measure of
income ("adjusted  current  earnings,"  referred to as "ACE") exceeds the amount
otherwise  determined to be the alternative minimum taxable income.  Interest on
all municipal obligations,  and therefore all exempt-interest  dividends paid by
the Fund, is included in calculating  ACE.  Taxpayers that may be subject to the
alternative  minimum tax should consult their tax advisers  before  investing in
the Municipal Bond Fund.

To the extent that  Municipal Bond Fund's  interest  income is  attributable  to
private activity bonds,  dividends  allocable to such income,  while exempt from
the regular  federal  income tax, may  constitute an item of tax  preference for
purposes of the alternative minimum tax. In addition, for corporate stockholders
of  Municipal  Bond  Fund,  exempt  interest  may  comprise  part  or  all of an
adjustment to alternative minimum taxable income.

Stockholders of the Funds who redeem their shares generally will realize gain or
loss upon the sale or redemption (including the exchange of shares for shares of
another  fund)  which  will be capital  gain or loss if the  shares are  capital
assets in the  stockholder's  hands,  and will be  taxable  to  stockholders  as
long-term  capital  gains if the  shares had been held for more than one year at
the time of sale or  redemption.  Net capital gains on shares held for less than
one year will be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income. Investors should be
aware that any loss  realized upon the sale or redemption of shares held for six
months or less will be treated as a long-term  capital loss to the extent of any
distribution of long-term  capital gain to the stockholder  with respect to such
shares.  In addition,  any loss realized on a sale or exchange of shares will be
disallowed to the extent the shares  disposed of are replaced within a period of
61 days,  beginning  30 days before and ending 30 days after the date the shares
are  disposed of, such as pursuant to the  reinvestment  of  dividends.  In such
case,  the  basis  of the  shares  acquired  will be  adjusted  to  reflect  the
disallowed loss.

Under  certain  circumstances,  the sales charge  incurred in acquiring  Class A
shares of a Fund may not be taken into account in  determining  the gain or loss
on the  disposition  of those shares.  This rule applies in  circumstances  when
shares  of the Fund are  exchanged  within  90 days  after  the date  they  were
purchased and new shares in a regulated  investment company are acquired without
a sales  charge or at a reduced  sales  charge.  In that case,  the gain or loss
recognized on the exchange will be determined by excluding from the tax basis of
the shares  exchanged all or a portion of the sales charge incurred in acquiring
those shares. This exclusion applies to the extent that the otherwise applicable
sales charge with respect to the newly acquired shares is reduced as a result of
having incurred the sales charge  initially.  Instead,  the portion of the sales
charge  affected  by this rule  will be  treated  as an amount  paid for the new
shares.

Up to 85% of an  individual's  Social  Security  benefits  and certain  railroad
retirement  benefits  may be  subject to federal  income  tax.  Along with other
factors,  total  tax-exempt  income,  including  any  exempt-interest  dividends
received  from  Municipal  Bond Fund, is used to calculate the portion of Social
Security benefits that is taxed.

Under the Internal  Revenue Code, a stockholder  may not deduct all or a portion
of interest on indebtedness incurred or continued to purchase or carry shares of
an investment company paying exempt-interest dividends. In addition, under rules
issued by the Internal  Revenue Service for determining  when borrowed funds are
considered  used for the purposes of purchasing or carrying  particular  assets,
the purchase of shares may be considered  to have been made with borrowed  funds
even though the  borrowed  funds are not  directly  traceable to the purchase of
shares.

A deductible "environmental tax" of 0.12% is imposed on a corporation's modified
alternative  minimum taxable income in excess of $2 million.  The  environmental
tax  will  be  imposed  even  if  the  corporation  is  not  required  to pay an
alternative  minimum tax because the corporation's  regular income tax liability
exceeds its minimum tax liability. To the extent that exempt-interest  dividends
paid by Municipal Bond Fund are included in alternative  minimum taxable income,
corporate stockholders may be subject to the environmental tax.

Opinions  relating to the validity of municipal  securities and the exemption of
interest  thereon  from  federal  income tax are rendered by bond counsel to the
issuer.  Neither the Investment  Manager nor Municipal Bond Fund's counsel makes
any review of  proceedings  relating to the issuance of municipal  securities or
the bases of such opinions.

The  Funds  are  required  by  law to  withhold  31% of  taxable  dividends  and
distributions  to  stockholders  who  do  not  furnish  their  correct  taxpayer
identification  numbers,  or are  otherwise  subject to the  backup  withholding
provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.

Each of Diversified  Income Fund and High Yield Fund (the Series of Income Fund)
will be treated  separately  in  determining  the  amounts of income and capital
gains  distributions.  For this purpose,  each Fund will reflect only the income
and gains, net of losses of that Fund.

A purchase of shares shortly before payment of a dividend or distribution  would
be  disadvantageous  because the dividend or distribution to the purchaser would
have the effect of  reducing  the per share net asset value of his or her shares
by the amount of the dividends or distributions. In addition all or a portion of
such  dividends or  distributions,  although in effect a return of capital,  are
subject to taxes, which may be at ordinary income tax rates.

OPTIONS,  FUTURES AND FORWARD  CONTRACTS AND SWAP AGREEMENTS -- Certain options,
futures  contracts,  and  forward  contracts  in which a Fund may  invest may be
"Section 1256  contracts."  Gains or losses on Section 1256 contracts  generally
are  considered  60%  long-term  and 40%  short-term  capital  gains or  losses;
however,  foreign  currency  gains or losses  arising from certain  Section 1256
contracts  may be  treated  as  ordinary  income  or loss.  Also,  Section  1256
contracts  held by a Fund at the end of each taxable year (and at certain  other
times as prescribed pursuant to the Code) are "marked to market" with the result
that unrealized gains or losses are treated as though they were realized.

Generally,  the  hedging  transactions  undertaken  by  a  Fund  may  result  in
"straddles" for U.S. federal income tax purposes.  The straddle rules may affect
the  character  of gains (or losses)  realized by a Fund.  In  addition,  losses
realized  by a Fund on  positions  that are part of a straddle  may be  deferred
under the straddle  rules,  rather than being taken into account in  calculating
the  taxable  income for the  taxable  year in which such  losses are  realized.
Because  only a few  regulations  implementing  the  straddle  rules  have  been
promulgated,  the tax consequences of transactions in options,  futures, forward
contracts,  swap  agreements  and other  financial  contracts  to a Fund are not
entirely clear. The  transactions may increase the amount of short-term  capital
gain realized by a Fund which is taxed as ordinary  income when  distributed  to
shareholders.

A Fund may make one or more of the elections  available under the Code which are
applicable  to  straddles.  If a Fund makes any of the  elections,  the  amount,
character  and timing of the  recognition  of gains or losses from the  affected
straddle  positions  will be determined  under rules that vary  according to the
election(s)  made.  The rules  applicable  under  certain of the  elections  may
operate to  accelerate  the  recognition  of gains or losses  from the  affected
straddle positions.

Because  application  of the straddle rules may affect the character of gains or
losses,  defer losses and/or  accelerate the recognition of gains or losses from
the  affected  straddle  positions,  the  amount  which must be  distributed  to
shareholders,  and which will be taxed to  shareholders  as  ordinary  income or
long-term capital gain, may be increased or decreased as compared to a fund that
did not engage in such hedging transactions.

Because only a few regulations  regarding the treatment of swap agreements,  and
related caps, floors and collars, have been implemented, the tax consequences of
such  transactions  are not entirely clear. The Funds intend to account for such
transactions  in a manner  deemed by them to be  appropriate,  but the  Internal
Revenue Service might not necessarily accept such treatment.  If it did not, the
status of a Fund as a regulated investment company might be affected.

The requirements  applicable to a Fund's qualification as a regulated investment
company  may  limit  the  extent  to  which a Fund  will be  able to  engage  in
transactions in options, futures contracts,  forward contracts,  swap agreements
and other financial contracts.

MARKET DISCOUNT -- If a Fund purchases a debt security at a price lower than the
stated  redemption  price  of such  debt  security,  the  excess  of the  stated
redemption price over the purchase price is "market  discount." If the amount of
market  discount  is more than a DE MINIMUS  amount,  a portion  of such  market
discount  must be included as ordinary  income (not capital gain) by the Fund in
each taxable  year in which the Fund owns an interest in such debt  security and
receives a principal payment on it. In particular,  the Fund will be required to
allocate that principal  payment first to the portion of the market  discount on
the debt security  that has accrued but has not  previously  been  includable in
income. In general, the amount of market discount that must be included for each
period is equal to the  lesser of (i) the  amount  of market  discount  accruing
during  such period  (plus any accrued  market  discount  for prior  periods not
previously taken into account) or (ii) the amount of the principal  payment with
respect to such period. Generally,  market discount accrues on a daily basis for
each day the debt  security  is held by a Fund at a constant  rate over the time
remaining to the debt security's  maturity or, at the election of the Fund, at a
constant yield to maturity which takes into account the semi-annual  compounding
of interest.  Gain realized on the disposition of a market  discount  obligation
must be recognized as ordinary  interest income (not capital gain) to the extent
of the "accrued market discount."

ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT -- Certain debt securities  acquired by the Funds may be
treated as debt  securities  that were  originally  issued at a  discount.  Very
generally,  original  issue  discount is defined as the  difference  between the
price  at  which a  security  was  issued  and its  stated  redemption  price at
maturity.  Although  no cash  income on account  of such  discount  is  actually
received by a Fund, original issue discount that accrues on a debt security in a
given year generally is treated for federal income tax purposes as interest and,
therefore,  such  income  would  be  subject  to the  distribution  requirements
applicable to regulated investment companies.

Some debt  securities  may be purchased by the Funds at a discount  that exceeds
the original issue  discount on such debt  securities,  if any. This  additional
discount represents market discount for federal income tax purposes (see above).

CONSTRUCTIVE SALES -- Recently enacted rules may affect the timing and character
of gain if a Fund engages in  transactions  that reduce or eliminate its risk of
loss with respect to appreciated  financial  positions.  If the Fund enters into
certain transactions in property while holding substantially identical property,
the Fund  would be  treated as if it had sold and  immediately  repurchased  the
property  and  would be taxed on any gain  (but no loss)  from the  constructive
sale.  The  character  of gain from a  constructive  sale would  depend upon the
Fund's  holding period in the property.  Loss from a constructive  sale would be
recognized  when the property was  subsequently  disposed of, and its  character
would depend on the Fund's  holding  period and the  application of various loss
deferral provisions of the Code.

FOREIGN  TAXATION  -- Income  received by a Fund from  sources  within a foreign
country may be subject to  withholding  and other taxes imposed by that country.
Tax conventions  between certain  countries and the U.S. may reduce or eliminate
such taxes.

The payment of such taxes will reduce the amount of dividends and  distributions
paid to the Funds'  stockholders.  So long as a Fund  qualifies  as a  regulated
investment company,  certain distribution  requirements are satisfied,  and more
than 50% of such  Fund's  assets at the close of the  taxable  year  consists of
securities of foreign corporation, the fund may elect, subject to limitation, to
pass through its foreign tax credits to its stockholders.

OTHER TAXES -- The foregoing discussion is general in nature and is not intended
to provide an exhaustive  presentation of the tax consequences of investing in a
Fund.  Distributions may also be subject to additional state,  local and foreign
taxes, depending on each shareholder's particular situation.  Depending upon the
nature and extent of a Fund's contacts with a state or local  jurisdiction,  the
Fund may be subject to the tax laws of such jurisdiction if it is regarded under
applicable  law as doing  business in, or as having  income  derived  from,  the
jurisdiction.  Persons who may be "substantial  users" (or "related  persons" of
substantial  users) of  facilities  financed by private  activity  bonds  should
consult their tax adviser before  purchasing  Municipal  Bond Fund shares.  (See
"Municipal  Securities,"  page 8.) Shareholders are advised to consult their own
tax  advisers  with respect to the  particular  tax  consequences  to them of an
investment in a Fund.

ORGANIZATION

The Articles of Incorporation of Income and Municipal Bond Funds provide for the
issuance  of shares of common  stock in one or more  classes  or series  and the
Articles of Cash Fund provide for the issuance of stock in one or more series.

Income Fund has  authorized  the issuance of an  indefinite  number of shares of
capital  stock of $1.00 par  value  and  currently  issues  its  shares in three
series,  Diversified Income Fund, High Yield Fund and Capital Preservation Fund.
The  shares of each  Series  of  Income  Fund  represent  a pro rata  beneficial
interest in that  Series' net assets and in the  earnings  and profits or losses
derived from the  investment of such assets.  Municipal Bond and Cash Funds have
not issued shares in any additional  series at the present time.  Municipal Bond
and Cash Funds have authorized the issuance of an indefinite number of shares of
capital stock of $0.10 par value.

Municipal Bond Fund currently issues two classes of shares.  Diversified  Income
Fund and High Yield Fund  currently  issue three  classes of shares.  Each class
participate  proportionately based on its relative net asset values in dividends
and distributions and has equal voting, liquidation and other rights except that
(i)  expenses  related  to the  distribution  of each  class of  shares or other
expenses that the Board of Directors  may designate as class  expenses from time
to time, are borne solely by each class; (ii) each class of shares has exclusive
voting  rights with  respect to any  Distribution  Plan  adopted for that class;
(iii) each class has different  exchange  privileges;  and (iv) each class has a
different  designation.  When  issued and paid for,  the  shares of  Diversified
Income,  High  Yield,  Municipal  Bond and  Cash  Funds  will be fully  paid and
nonassessable  by the Funds.  Shares may be exchanged as described under "How to
Exchange  Shares,"  page 42,  but will  have no  other  preference,  conversion,
exchange  or  preemptive  rights.   Shares  are  transferable,   redeemable  and
assignable and have cumulative voting privileges for the election of directors.

On certain matters, such as the election of directors,  all shares of the Series
of Income Fund vote  together  with each share having one vote. On other matters
affecting a particular Series,  such as the investment  advisory contract or the
fundamental  policies,  only shares of that Series are  entitled to vote,  and a
majority  vote of the shares of that  Series is  required  for  approval  of the
proposal.

The Funds do not generally hold annual meetings of  stockholders  and will do so
only when required by law. Stockholders may remove directors from office by vote
cast in person or by proxy at a meeting of stockholders.  Such a meeting will be
called at the written request of 10% of a Fund's outstanding shares.

CUSTODIAN, TRANSFER AGENT AND DIVIDEND-PAYING AGENT

UMB Bank,  N.A.,  928 Grand  Avenue,  Kansas  City,  Missouri  64106 acts as the
custodian for the portfolio  securities of Diversified  Income Fund,  High Yield
Fund,  Municipal Bond Fund and Cash Fund. Security Management Company,  LLC acts
as the Funds' transfer and dividend-paying agent.

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

The firm of Ernst & Young LLP, One Kansas City Place,  1200 Main Street,  Kansas
City,  Missouri,  has  been  selected  by the  Funds  to  serve  as  the  Funds'
independent auditors,  and as such, will perform the annual audit of each Fund's
financial statements.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The  Funds  may,  from  time  to  time,  include   performance   information  in
advertisements,  sales  literature  or reports to  stockholders  or  prospective
investors.  Performance information in advertisements or sales literature may be
expressed as yield for each of the Funds, effective yield for Cash Fund, taxable
equivalent  yield for  Municipal  Bond Fund and average  annual total return and
aggregate total return for Municipal Bond and Income Funds.

For Cash Fund,  the  current  yield will be based upon the seven  calendar  days
ending on the date of calculation ("the base period").  The total net investment
income  earned,  exclusive of realized  capital  gains and losses or  unrealized
appreciation  and  depreciation,  during  the  base  period,  on a  hypothetical
pre-existing  account having a balance of one share will be divided by the value
of the account at the beginning of that period.  The resulting figure ("the base
period  return") will then be  multiplied by 365/7 to obtain the current  yield.
Cash Fund's  current yield for the seven-day  period ended December 31, 1999 was
5.28%.

Cash Fund's  effective  (or compound)  yield for the same period was 5.42%.  The
effective yield reflects the compounding of the current yield by reinvesting all
dividends and will be computed by compounding the base period return by adding 1
to the base period return, raising the sum to a power equal to 365 divided by 7,
and  subtracting  1 from the  result.  The yield of the Fund may be  obtained by
calling the Fund.

Investors  should  recognize  that  investment in Cash Fund is not guaranteed or
insured by any state, federal or government agency or by any other person.

With respect to Income Fund and Municipal Bond Fund, quotations of yield will be
based on the  investment  income per share  earned  during a  particular  30-day
period,  less  expenses per share  accrued  during the period  ("net  investment
income") and will be computed by dividing net  investment  income by the maximum
offering  price  per  share  on the  last day of the  period,  according  to the
following formula:
                                       A - B
                           YIELD = 2[( ----- + 1)^6 - 1]
                                         CD

where A = dividends and interest earned during the period,  B = expenses accrued
for the period  (net of any  reimbursements),  C = the average  daily  number of
shares  outstanding  during the period that were entitled to receive  dividends,
and D = the maximum offering price per share on the last day of the period.

Municipal Bond Fund's  tax-equivalent  yield,  like yield,  is based on a 30-day
period and is computed by dividing that portion of the Fund's yield (computed as
described  above) which is  tax-exempt by one minus a stated income tax rate and
adding the resulting figure to that portion of the Fund's yield, if any, that is
not tax-exempt.

For the 30-day period ended  December 31, 1999,  the yield for each Fund was the
following:

              ----------------------------------------------------
                                              CLASS A    CLASS B
              ----------------------------------------------------
               Diversified Income Fund         5.77%      5.22%
               High Yield Fund                 9.43%      8.90%
               Municipal Bond Fund             4.31%      3.83%
              ----------------------------------------------------

For the  same  period,  the tax  equivalent  yield  for the  Class A  shares  of
Municipal  Bond Fund  assuming  a 15% income tax rate and a 28% income tax rate,
respectively, was 5.07% and 5.99%.

For the  same  period,  the tax  equivalent  yield  for the  Class B  shares  of
Municipal  Bond Fund  assuming  a 15% income tax rate and a 28% income tax rate,
respectively, was 4.51% and 5.32%.

There is no  assurance  that a yield quoted will remain in effect for any period
of time.  Inasmuch as certain  estimates must be made in computing average daily
yield,  actual  yields may vary and will depend upon such factors as the type of
instruments in the Fund's portfolio,  the portfolio quality and average maturity
of such  instruments,  changes in interest  rates and the actual Fund  expenses.
Yield  computations  will  reflect the  expense  limitations  described  in this
Prospectus under "Investment Manager."

Quotations  of average  annual  total  return will be  expressed in terms of the
average  annual  compounded  rate of  return  of a  hypothetical  investment  in
Diversified  Income Fund, High Yield Fund or Municipal Bond Fund over periods of
1, 5 and 10  years  (up to the life of the  Fund),  calculated  pursuant  to the
following formula:

                                P(1 + T)^n = ERV

(where P = a  hypothetical  initial  payment of $1,000,  T = the average  annual
total return, n = the number of years, and ERV = the ending  redeemable value of
a hypothetical $1,000 payment made at the beginning of the period).  All average
annual total return  figures will reflect the  deduction of the maximum  initial
sales load in the case of  quotations  of  performance  of Class A shares or the
applicable  contingent  deferred  sales  charge  in the  case of  quotations  of
performance  of Class B shares and a  proportional  share of Fund expenses on an
annual basis,  and assume that all dividends and  distributions  are  reinvested
when paid.

For the 1-, 5- and 10-year  periods ended  December 31, 1999, the average annual
total return for each Fund was the following:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                            1 YEAR              5 YEARS            10 YEARS
                        ----------------   -----------------   -----------------
                         CLASS   CLASS       CLASS   CLASS       CLASS    CLASS
                           A       B           A       B           A        B
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Diversified Income Fund (8.23)%  (9.36)%    6.17%    5.79%      6.35%  3.20%(1)
High Yield Fund         (5.23)%  (6.28)%    4.93%(2) 4.77%(2)    ---        ---
Municipal Bond Fund     (8.03)%  (8.96)%    4.57%    4.11%      5.07%   .89%(1)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 From October 19, 1993 (date of inception) to December 31, 1999
2 From August 5, 1996 (date of inception) to December 31, 1999
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The aggregate total return for Income and Municipal Bond Funds is calculated for
any specified period of time pursuant to the following formula:

                                P(1 + T)^n = ERV

(where P = a hypothetical  initial payment of $1,000, T = the total return,  and
ERV = the ending  redeemable value of a hypothetical  $1,000 payment made at the
beginning of the period).  All aggregate  total return  figures will assume that
all dividends and  distributions  are reinvested  when paid. The Funds may, from
time to time,  include  quotations of total return that do not reflect deduction
of the sales load  which,  if  reflected,  would  reduce the total  return  data
quoted.

For the periods  ended  December  31,  1999,  the  aggregate  total return on an
investment for each Fund calculated as described above was the following:

          -----------------------------------------------------------
                                            CLASS A         CLASS B
          -----------------------------------------------------------
           Diversified Income Fund          94.1%(1)        21.6%(2)
           High Yield Fund                  23.7%(3)        20.2%(3)
           Municipal Bond Fund              72.1%(1)        12.3%(2)
          -----------------------------------------------------------
           1 From December 31, 1989
           2 From October 19, 1993
           3 From August 5, 1996 (date of inception)
          -----------------------------------------------------------

These figures reflect  deduction of the maximum initial sales load and deduction
of the maximum  contingent  deferred  sales charge.  Fee waivers  and/or expense
reimbursements  were in effect for each of the Funds in the year ended  December
31, 1999.  In the absence of the waivers  and/or  reimbursements,  the yield and
performance quoted above would be reduced.

Quotations  of yield,  tax-equivalent  yield,  average  annual  total return and
aggregate  total  return will  reflect only the  performance  of a  hypothetical
investment  during the particular  time period shown.  Such quotations will vary
based on changes in market conditions and the level of the Fund's expenses,  and
no reported performance figure should be considered an indication of performance
which may be expected in the future.

In connection with communicating its yield, tax-equivalent yield, average annual
total return or aggregate  total return to current or prospective  stockholders,
each Fund also may compare  these  figures to the  performance  of other  mutual
funds tracked by mutual fund rating services or to other unmanaged indexes which
may assume reinvestment of dividends but generally do not reflect deductions for
administrative and management costs. Each Fund will include performance data for
each  class of  shares  of the Fund in any  advertisement  or  report  including
performance  data of the Fund.  Such  mutual fund  rating  services  include the
following:  Lipper Analytical Services;  Morningstar,  Inc.;  Investment Company
Data;  Schabacker  Investment  Management;   Wiesenberger  Investment  Companies
Service; Computer Directions Advisory (CDA); and Johnson Charts.

RETIREMENT PLANS

Diversified  Income,  High Yield and Cash Funds offer  tax-qualified  retirement
plans for individuals  (Individual  Retirement  Accounts,  known as IRAs),  Roth
IRAs,  SIMPLE IRAs,  several  prototype  retirement plans for the  self-employed
(Keogh plans), pension and profit-sharing plans for corporations,  and custodial
account plans for employees of public school systems and  organizations  meeting
the  requirements  of Section  501(c)(3) of the Internal  Revenue  Code.  Actual
documents and detailed  materials  about the plans will be provided upon request
to the Distributor.

Purchases of  Diversified  Income,  High Yield and Cash Fund shares under any of
these  plans  are  made at the  public  offering  price  next  determined  after
contributions  are  received by the  Distributor.  Shares owned under any of the
plans have full dividend,  voting and redemption privileges.  Depending upon the
terms of the particular plan,  retirement  benefits may be paid in a lump sum or
in installment  payments over a specified period.  There are possible  penalties
for premature distributions from such plans.


Security Management Company,  LLC is available to act as custodian for the plans
on a fee basis.  For IRAs,  Roth IRAs,  SIMPLE  IRAs,  and  Simplified  Employee
Pension Plans (SEPPs),  service fees for such custodial  services currently are:
(1) $10 for annual maintenance of the account,  and (2) benefit distribution fee
of $5 per distribution. Service fees for Section 403(b) Retirement Plans are set
forth in "403(b)  Retirement  Plans,"  page 52.  Service fees for other types of
plans will vary.  These fees will be  deducted  from the plan  assets.  Optional
supplemental services are available from Security Benefit Life Insurance Company
for additional charges.


Retirement  investment programs involve commitments covering future years. It is
important  that the investment  objective and structure of  Diversified  Income,
High  Yield  and Cash  Funds be  considered  by the  investors  for such  plans.
Investments in insurance and annuity contracts also may be purchased in addition
to shares of the Funds.

A brief description of the available tax-qualified  retirement plans is provided
below.  However, the tax rules applicable to such qualified plans vary according
to the type of plan and the terms and conditions of the plan itself.  Therefore,
no attempt is made to provide  more than general  information  about the various
types of qualified plans.  Because Municipal Bond Fund's investment objective is
to obtain a high level of interest  income exempt from federal taxes,  Municipal
Bond Fund is not an appropriate investment for retirement plans.

Investors  are  urged to  consult  their  own  attorneys  or tax  advisers  when
considering the establishment and maintenance of any such plans.

INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS (IRAS)

Individual  Retirement  Account  Custodial  Agreements  are available to provide
investment in shares of Diversified  Income, High Yield and/or Cash Funds, or in
other funds in the Security Group. An individual may initiate an IRA through the
Distributor  by executing the custodial  agreement and making a minimum  initial
investment  of at least $100.  A $10 annual fee is charged for  maintaining  the
account.

An individual  may make a contribution  to a traditional  IRA each year of up to
the lesser of $2,000 or 100% of earned  income  under  current tax law. The IRAs
described in this paragraph are called  "traditional  IRAs" to distinguish  them
from the "Roth IRAs" which are described below. Spousal IRAs allow an individual
and his or her spouse to  contribute  up to $2,000 to their  respective  IRAs so
long as a joint tax  return is filed  and  joint  income is $4,000 or more.  The
maximum amount the higher  compensated spouse may contribute for the year is the
lesser of $2,000 or 100% of that  spouse's  compensation.  The maximum the lower
compensated  spouse may  contribute  is the lesser of (i) $2,000 or (ii) 100% of
that  spouse's  compensation  plus the  amount by which the  higher  compensated
spouse's   compensation   exceeds  the  amount  the  higher  compensated  spouse
contributes to his or her IRA.

An individual may make a contribution  to a traditional  IRA which is deductible
for federal income tax purposes. A contribution is deductible if (i) neither the
individual  nor his or her  spouse is an  active  participant  in an  employer's
retirement  plan, or (ii) the individual (and his or her spouse,  if applicable)
has an adjusted  gross income below a specified  level.  The income limits began
gradually  increasing  starting  with tax years  beginning  in 1998,  eventually
reaching  $50,000-$60,000 for single filers in 2005 and thereafter (and reaching
$80,000-$100,000 if married filing jointly in 2007 and thereafter). In addition,
for tax years beginning  after 1997, a married  individual may make a deductible
IRA contribution even though the individual's spouse is an active participant in
a qualified  employer's  retirement  plan,  subject to a phase-out  for adjusted
gross income between $150,000-$160,000.  However, an individual not permitted to
make a deductible  contribution to an IRA may  nevertheless  make  nondeductible
contributions  up  to  the  maximum   contribution  limit  for  that  year.  The
deductibility of IRA contributions under state law varies from state to state.

Contributions must be made in cash no later than April 15 following the close of
the tax year.  No annual  contribution  is  permitted  for the year in which the
investor reaches age 70 1/2 or any year thereafter.

In addition to annual  contributions,  total  distributions  and certain partial
distributions from certain  employer-sponsored  retirement plans may be eligible
to be reinvested  into a traditional  IRA if the  reinvestment is made within 60
days of receipt of the distribution by the taxpayer. Such rollover contributions
are not subject to the limitations on annual IRA contributions described above.

ROTH IRAS

Section 408A of the Code permits  eligible  individuals  to establish a Roth IRA
for tax years beginning in 1998. Contributions to a Roth IRA are not deductible,
but withdrawals that meet certain requirements are not subject to federal income
tax.  The  maximum  annual  contribution  amount of $2,000 is phased  out if the
individual  is single and has an  adjusted  gross  income  between  $95,000  and
$110,000, or if the individual is married and the couple has a combined adjusted
gross income between $150,000 and $160,000. In general, Roth IRAs are subject to
certain required distribution requirements.  Unlike a traditional IRA, Roth IRAs
are not  subject to  minimum  required  distribution  rules  during the  owner's
lifetime.  Generally,  however,  the  amount  remaining  in a Roth  IRA  must be
distributed by the end of the fifth year after the death of the owner.

The owner of a traditional  IRA may convert the  traditional IRA into a Roth IRA
under certain  circumstances.  The conversion of a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA
will subject the amount of the converted  traditional IRA to federal income tax.
If a  traditional  IRA is  converted  to a Roth IRA,  the taxable  amount in the
owner's traditional IRA will be considered taxable income for federal income tax
purposes for the year of the conversion. Generally, all amounts in a traditional
IRA are taxable except for the owner's prior non-deductible contributions to the
traditional IRA.

EDUCATION IRAS

Section 530 of the Code permits  eligible  individuals to establish an Education
IRA on behalf of a beneficiary for tax years beginning in 1998. Contributions to
an  Education  IRA  are  not  deductible,  but  qualified  distributions  to the
beneficiary   are  not  subject  to  federal  income  tax.  The  maximum  annual
contribution amount of $500 is phased out if the individual is single and has an
adjusted  gross income  between  $95,000 and $110,000,  or if the  individual is
married and the couple has a combined adjusted gross income between $150,000 and
$160,000.   Education  IRAs  are  subject  to  certain   required   distribution
requirements.  Generally,  the  amount  remaining  in an  Education  IRA must be
distributed  by the  beneficiary's  30th birthday or rolled into a new Education
IRA for another eligible beneficiary.

SIMPLE IRAS

The Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996 created a new retirement plan, the
Savings  Incentive Match Plan for Employees of Small  Employers  (SIMPLE Plans).
SIMPLE  Plan   participants   must  establish  a  SIMPLE  IRA  into  which  plan
contributions will be deposited.

The  Investment  Manager makes  available  SIMPLE IRAs to provide  investment in
shares of the Funds. Contributions to a SIMPLE IRA may be either salary deferral
contributions or employer contributions.  Contributions must be made in cash and
cannot exceed the maximum amount  allowed under the Internal  Revenue Code. On a
pre-tax basis,  up to $6,000 of compensation  (through salary  deferrals) may be
contributed to a SIMPLE IRA. In addition,  employers are required to make either
(1) a dollar-for-dollar  matching contribution or (2) a nonelective contribution
to each participant's account each year. In general, matching contributions must
equal up to 3% of compensation,  but under certain circumstances,  employers may
make lower matching  contributions.  Instead of the match,  employers may make a
nonelective contribution equal to 2% of compensation  (compensation for purposes
of any nonelective contribution is limited to $160,000, as indexed).

Distributions from a SIMPLE IRA are (1) taxed as ordinary income; (2) includable
in gross income; and (3) subject to applicable state tax laws.

Distributions  prior to age 59 1/2 may be  subject  to a 10%  penalty  tax which
increases to 25% for distributions made before a participant has participated in
the  SIMPLE  Plan for at least two years.  An annual  fee of $10 is charged  for
maintaining the SIMPLE IRA.

PENSION AND PROFIT-SHARING PLANS

Prototype  corporate  pension or  profit-sharing  prototype  plans  meeting  the
requirements of Internal Revenue Code Section 401(a) are available.  Information
concerning these plans may be obtained from Security Distributors, Inc.

403(B) RETIREMENT PLANS


Employees of public  school  systems and  tax-exempt  organizations  meeting the
requirements of Internal Revenue Code Section  501(c)(3) may purchase  custodial
account plans funded by their employers with shares of Diversified Income and/or
High Yield Funds or other funds in the Security  Group in  accordance  with Code
Section 403(b).  Class A shares may not be available to custodial  account plans
opened on or after June 5, 2000. The minimum initial or subsequent investment in
a custodial account plan is $50. An annual administration fee of $25 is required
for each custodial  account with a balance less than $25,000 and a $5 withdrawal
fee will be charged when any custodial account is closed.

Employees  who purchase  custodial  account  plans may request  loans from their
custodial accounts. An administration fee of $125 will be charged at the time of
application for a loan and a $50 loan maintenance fee will be deducted each year
from the account  balance.  Loan repayments will be treated as purchases for the
purpose  of  determining  any  applicable  deferred  sales  charge.  See "How to
Purchase Shares," page 28, for a discussion of the application of deferred sales
charges to Class B and Class C shares.  Loans may not be available  from certain
accounts,  including those opened prior to June 5, 2000. Please contact Security
Management Company, LLC concerning loan availability.


Section 403(b) plans are subject to numerous restrictions on the amount that may
be  contributed,  the persons who are  eligible  to  participate,  the time when
distributions may commence, and the number and amount of any loans requested.

SIMPLIFIED EMPLOYEE PENSION PLANS (SEPPS)

A prototype SEPP is available for corporations, partnerships or sole proprietors
desiring  to  adopt  such a plan for  purchases  of IRAs  for  their  employees.
Employers  establishing  a SEPP may contribute a maximum of $30,000 a year to an
IRA for each employee. This maximum is subject to a number of limitations.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The audited financial statements of the Funds, which are contained in the Funds'
Annual Report dated  December 31, 1999,  are  incorporated  herein by reference.
Copies  of the  Annual  Report  are  provided  to every  person  requesting  the
Statement of Additional Information.

TAX-EXEMPT VS. TAXABLE INCOME

The following  table shows the approximate  taxable yields for individuals  that
are  equivalent to tax-exempt  yields using the 1999 tax rates  contained in the
Code. The table  illustrates what you would have to earn on taxable  investments
to equal a given  tax-exempt  yield in your federal  income tax bracket.  Locate
your income  (after  deductions  and  exemptions),  then locate your tax bracket
based on joint or single tax filing. Read across to the equivalent taxable yield
you  would  need to match a given  tax-free  yield.  There  is,  of  course,  no
assurance  that  an  investment  in  Municipal  Bond  Fund  will  result  in the
realization of any particular return.

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       IF YOUR TAXABLE INCOME IS:                  YOUR                             AND A TAX-FREE YIELD OF:
----------------------------------------------  INCOME TAX  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     JOINT RETURN           SINGLE RETURN       BRACKET IS      5%       6%       7%       8%       9%      10%      11%      12%
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<S>                      <C>                      <C>          <C>      <C>     <C>      <C>      <C>      <C>      <C>      <C>
1999
        0  -  43,050           0  -  25,750        15.0%       5.88     7.06     8.24     9.41    10.59    11.76    12.94    14.12
   43,051  - 104,050      25,751  -  62,450        28.0        6.94     8.33     9.72    11.11    12.50    13.89    15.28    16.67
  104,051  - 158,550      62,451  - 130,250        31.0        7.25     8.70    10.14    11.59    13.04    14.49    15.94    17.39
  158,551  - 283,150     130,251  - 283,150        36.0        7.81     9.38    10.94    12.50    14.06    15.63    17.19    18.75
  283,151 and over       283,151 and over          39.6        8.28     9.93    11.59    13.25    14.90    16.56    18.21    19.87
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                                   APPENDIX A
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CLASS A SHARES OF DIVERSIFIED INCOME, HIGH YIELD AND MUNICIPAL BOND FUNDS

REDUCED SALES CHARGES -- Initial sales charges may be reduced or eliminated  for
persons or organizations  purchasing Class A shares of Diversified  Income, High
Yield and Municipal  Bond Funds alone or in  combination  with Class A shares of
other Security Funds.

For purposes of qualifying  for reduced sales charges on purchases made pursuant
to Rights of  Accumulation,  a Statement of Intention or Letters of Intent,  the
term  "Purchaser"  includes the following  persons:  an  individual;  his or her
spouse and children  under the age 21; a trustee or other  fiduciary of a single
trust estate or single  fiduciary  account  established  for their  benefit;  an
organization  exempt from federal income tax under Section  501(c)(3) or (13) of
the  Internal  Revenue  Code;  or a pension,  profit-sharing  or other  employee
benefit plan whether or not qualified under Section 401 of the Internal  Revenue
Code.

RIGHTS OF  ACCUMULATION  -- To reduce sales charges on purchases of  Diversified
Income Fund, High Yield Fund or Municipal Bond Fund, a Purchaser may combine all
previous  purchases with a contemplated  current purchase of Class A shares of a
Fund for the purpose of determining  the sales charge  applicable to the current
purchase.  For  example,  an investor  who already owns Class A shares of a Fund
either worth $30,000 at the applicable  current  offering price or purchased for
$30,000 and who invests an  additional  $25,000,  is entitled to a reduced sales
charge of 3.75% on the latter purchase.  The Distributor must be notified when a
sale takes  place which  would  qualify  for the reduced  charge on the basis of
previous  purchases  subject to confirmation of the investor's  holdings through
the Fund's records.  Rights of accumulation apply also to purchases representing
a combination of the Class A shares of Diversified Income Fund, High Yield Fund,
Municipal  Bond Fund,  Security  Growth and  Income,  Security  Ultra  Fund,  or
Security  Equity Fund in those states where shares of the Funds being  purchased
are qualified for sale.

STATEMENT  OF  INTENTION -- A Purchaser  in  Diversified  Income,  High Yield or
Municipal  Bond  Fund may sign a  Statement  of  Intention,  which may be signed
within 90 days after the first purchase to be included  thereunder,  in the form
provided by the Distributor  covering purchases of Diversified Income Fund, High
Yield Fund,  Municipal  Bond Fund,  Security  Equity Fund,  Security  Growth and
Income Fund, or Security  Ultra Fund to be made within a period of 13 months (or
a 36-month  period for  purchases  of $1  million  or more) and  thereby  become
eligible for the reduced  front-end sales charge applicable to the actual amount
purchased  under the  Statement.  Five  percent of the amount  specified  in the
Statement of  Intention  will be held in escrow  shares  until the  Statement is
completed or  terminated.  The shares so held may be redeemed by the Fund if the
investor is  required to pay  additional  sales  charge  which may be due if the
amount of  purchases  made by the  investor  during the period the  Statement is
effective is less than the total specified in the Statement of Intention.

A Statement  of  Intention  may be revised  during the  13-month  period (or, if
applicable,   36-month   period).   Additional  Class  A  shares  received  from
reinvestment  of income  dividends and capital gains  distributions  (if any are
realized)  are  included in the total  amount used to  determine  reduced  sales
charges. The Statement is not a binding obligation upon the investor to purchase
or any Fund to sell the full indicated amount. An investor  considering  signing
such an agreement should read the Statement of Intention carefully.  A Statement
of Intention form may be obtained from the Investment Manager.

REINSTATEMENT  PRIVILEGE  --  Stockholders  who redeem  their  Class A shares of
Diversified  Income Fund, High Yield Fund or Municipal Bond Fund have a one-time
privilege  (1) to  reinstate  their  accounts by  purchasing  shares of the Fund
without a sales charge up to the dollar amount of the  redemption  proceeds,  or
(2) to the extent the redeemed  shares would have been eligible for the exchange
privilege,  to purchase Class A shares of another of the Funds,  Security Equity
Fund,  Security Ultra Fund, or Security  Growth and Income Fund up to the dollar
amount of the  redemption  proceeds at a sales  charge  equal to the  additional
sales charge,  if any, which would have been  applicable had the redeemed shares
been exchanged pursuant to the exchange privilege. Written notice and a check in
the amount of the reinvestment  from eligible  stockholders  wishing to exercise
this  reinstatement  privilege  must be received by the Fund within  thirty days
after the  redemption  request was  received  (or such  longer  period as may be
permitted by rules and regulations  promulgated under the Investment Company Act
of 1940).  The net asset  value  used in  computing  the  amount of shares to be
issued upon  reinstatement  or  exchange  will be the net asset value on the day
that notice of the exercise of the  privilege is received.  Stockholders  making
use of the reinstatement  privilege should note that any gains realized upon the
redemption  will be taxable  while any losses  may be  deferred  under the "wash
sale" provision of the Internal Revenue Code.
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SECURITY INCOME FUND

*  CAPITAL PRESERVATION SERIES

Member of The Security Benefit Group of Companies
700 SW Harrison, Topeka, Kansas 66636-0001
(785) 431-3127
(800) 888-2461




This Statement of Additional Information is not a Prospectus.  It should be read
in  conjunction  with  the  Prospectus  dated  February  1,  2000,  as it may be
supplemented from time to time. A Prospectus may be obtained by writing Security
Distributors,  Inc., 700 SW Harrison,  Topeka, Kansas 66636-0001,  or by calling
(785) 431-3127 or (800) 888-2461, ext. 3127.





STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
FEBRUARY 1, 2000, AS SUPPLEMENTED JULY 26, 2000
RELATING TO THE PROSPECTUS DATED FEBRUARY 1, 2000,
AS IT MAY BE SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME
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FUND ADMINISTRATOR
Security Management Company, LLC
700 SW Harrison Street
Topeka, Kansas 66636-0001

DISTRIBUTOR
Security Distributors, Inc.
700 SW Harrison Street
Topeka, Kansas 66636-0001

CUSTODIAN
UMB Bank, N.A.
928 Grand Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri 64106

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
Ernst & Young LLP
Two Commerce Square
2001 Market Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS
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INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES, POLICIES AND RESTRICTIONS...........................    4
  Investment Objective.....................................................    4
  Investment Policies......................................................    4
    SHORT-TERM INSTRUMENTS.................................................    4
    CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT AND BANKERS' ACCEPTANCES.......................    5
    COMMERCIAL PAPER.......................................................    5
    U.S. DOLLAR-DENOMINATED FIXED INCOME SECURITIES........................    5
    U.S. DOLLAR-DENOMINATED FOREIGN SECURITIES.............................    5
    U.S. DOLLAR-DENOMINATED SOVEREIGN AND SUPRANATIONAL FIXED INCOME
      SECURITIES...........................................................    5
    MORTGAGE-AND ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES...................................    5
    COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS ("CMOS")...........................    6
    ZERO-COUPON SECURITIES.................................................    7
    WRAPPER AGREEMENTS.....................................................    7
    RISKS OF WRAPPER AGREEMENTS............................................    8
    ILLIQUID SECURITIES....................................................    9
    WHEN-ISSUED AND DELAYED DELIVERY SECURITIES............................   10
    U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS............................................   10
    LOWER-RATED DEBT SECURITIES ("JUNK BONDS").............................   10
    HEDGING STRATEGIES.....................................................   11
    FUTURES CONTRACTS AND OPTIONS AND FUTURES CONTRACTS - GENERAL..........   11
    FUTURES CONTRACTS......................................................   11
    OPTIONS ON FUTURES CONTRACTS...........................................   12
    OPTIONS ON SECURITIES..................................................   13
    GLOBAL ASSET ALLOCATION STRATEGY ("GAA STRATEGY")......................   14
    REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS..................................................   16
    REVERSE REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS AND DOLLAR ROLLS.........................   16
    BORROWING..............................................................   16
    ASSET COVERAGE.........................................................   16
  Rating Services..........................................................   16
  Investment Restrictions..................................................   16
    FUNDAMENTAL RESTRICTIONS...............................................   17
    NON-FUNDAMENTAL RESTRICTIONS...........................................   17
  Portfolio Transactions and Brokerage Commissions.........................   18
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION....................................................   19
  Standard Performance Information.........................................   19
    YIELD..................................................................   19
    TOTAL RETURN...........................................................   19
    PERFORMANCE RESULTS....................................................   20
  Comparison of Fund Performance...........................................   20
  Economic and Market Information..........................................   20
VALUATION OF ASSETS; REDEMPTIONS IN KIND...................................   20
  Overview of TSA Accounts.................................................   21
OVERVIEW OF THE TYPES OF INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS....................   22
  Types of Individual Retirement Accounts..................................   22
    TRADITIONAL IRAS.......................................................   22
    ROTH IRAS..............................................................   22
    SIMPLE IRAS............................................................   23
    KEOGH PLANS............................................................   23
    EDUCATION IRAS.........................................................   23
OWNERSHIP OF SHARES THROUGH PLANS..........................................   24
QUALIFIED REDEMPTIONS......................................................   24
  Traditional IRAs, SEP-IRAs and SIMPLE IRAs...............................   25
  Roth IRAs................................................................   25
  Keogh Plans..............................................................   26
  Education IRAs...........................................................   26
HOW TO PURCHASE SHARES.....................................................   26
  Alternative Purchase Options.............................................   27
    CLASS A SHARES - FRONT-END LOAD OPTION.................................   27
    CLASS B SHARES - BACK-END LOAD OPTION..................................   27
    CLASS C SHARES - LEVEL LOAD OPTION.....................................   27
  Class A Shares...........................................................   27
  Class A Distribution Plan................................................   27
  Class B Shares...........................................................   28
  Class B Distribution Plan................................................   28
  Class C Shares...........................................................   29
  Class C Distribution Plan................................................   29
  Calculation and Waiver of Contingent Deferred Sales Charges..............   29
  Arrangements with Broker-Dealers and Others..............................   29
  Purchases at Net Asset Value.............................................   30
MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND AND TRUST...........................................   30
  Directors and Officers of Security Income Fund...........................   31
  Trustees of BT Investment Portfolios.....................................   32
  Officers of BT Investment Portfolios.....................................   33
  Security Income Fund Director Compensation Table.........................   33
  BT Investment Portfolio Trustee Compensation Table.......................   34
  Investment Adviser.......................................................   34
  Administrator............................................................   35
  Custodian and Transfer Agent.............................................   36
  Banking Regulatory Matters...............................................   36
  Independent Auditors.....................................................   36
ORGANIZATION OF SECURITY INCOME FUND.......................................   36
ORGANIZATION OF THE TRUST..................................................   37
TAXATION ..................................................................   37
  Taxation of the Fund.....................................................   37
  Taxation of the Portfolio................................................   38
  Other Taxation...........................................................   39
  Foreign Withholding Taxes................................................   39
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.......................................................   39
APPENDIX A.................................................................   40
  Description of Moody's Corporate Bond Ratings............................   40
  Description of S&P's Corporate Bond Ratings..............................   40
  Duff & Phelps' Long-Term Debt Ratings....................................   41
  Description of Moody's Short-Term Ratings................................   41
  Description of S&P Short-Term Issuer Credit Ratings......................   42
  Description of Duff & Phelps' Commercial Paper Ratings...................   42
  Description of Moody's Insurance Financial Strength Ratings..............   42
  Description of S&P Claims Paying Ability Rating Definitions..............   43
  Duff & Phelps' Claims Paying Ability Ratings.............................   43
APPENDIX B.................................................................   44
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INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE, POLICIES AND RESTRICTIONS

Security Capital Preservation Fund (the "Fund") is a separate series of Security
Income Fund, an open-end,  management  investment  company  (mutual fund) of the
series type, offering shares of the Fund ("Shares") as described herein.

   As  described  in the  Fund's  Prospectus,  the  Fund  seeks to  achieve  its
investment  objective by investing all its net investable  assets (the "Assets")
in PreservationPlus  Income Portfolio (the "Portfolio"),  a diversified open-end
management  investment company having the same investment objective as the Fund.
The  Portfolio is a separate  subtrust of BT Investment  Portfolios,  a New York
master trust fund (the "Portfolio Trust").

   Because the investment  characteristics  of the Fund  correspond  directly to
those of the  Portfolio  (in  which the Fund  invests  all of its  assets),  the
following is a discussion of the various  investments of and techniques employed
by the  Portfolio.  The  Fund has been  established  to serve as an  alternative
investment to short-term bond funds and money market funds.  In addition,  since
to  date,  there  has  been  no  comparable   investment  substitute  for  those
individuals  who are  "rolling"  assets over from the stable value or guaranteed
investment  contract  ("GIC")  option of their  employee  benefit plans (such as
401(k) plans), the Fund is designed to be that comparable alternative.

   Shares  of the Fund are  sold by  Security  Distributors,  Inc.,  the  Fund's
distributor  (the  "Distributor"),  solely to  tax-sheltered  annuity  custodial
accounts as defined in Section  403(b)(7) of the Internal  Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended (the "Code"),  individual  retirement  accounts as defined in Section
408 of the Code including  "SIMPLE IRAs" and "SEP IRAs", Roth IRAs as defined in
Section 408A of the Code, education individual retirement accounts as defined in
Section 530 of the Code and "Keogh Plans"  (sometimes  collectively  referred to
herein as  "IRAs"),  and to  employees  investing  through  participant-directed
employee benefit plans (each a "Plan" and together "Plans").  Shares are offered
to Plans either  directly,  or through vehicles such as bank collective funds or
insurance company separate accounts  consisting solely of such Plans. Shares are
also  available  to employee  benefit  plans which invest in the Fund through an
omnibus account or similar arrangement.

   The Fund's  Prospectus  (the  "Prospectus")  is dated  February 1, 2000.  The
Prospectus provides the basic information investors should know before investing
and may be obtained without charge by calling the Distributor at  1-800-888-2461
extension 3127. This Statement of Additional Information ("SAI"), which is not a
prospectus,   is  intended  to  provide  additional  information  regarding  the
activities  and  operations  of the Fund and the Portfolio and should be read in
conjunction  with  the  Prospectus.  This  SAI is not an offer by the Fund to an
investor  that has not received a  Prospectus.  Capitalized  terms not otherwise
defined in this SAI have the meanings ascribed to them in the Prospectus.

INVESTMENT  OBJECTIVE -- The investment objective of the Fund is a high level of
current  income  while  seeking to  maintain a stable net asset value per Share.
There can, of course,  be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment
objective.

INVESTMENT  POLICIES  --The Fund seeks to achieve its  investment  objective  by
investing  all of its  Assets in the  Portfolio.  The Fund's  investment  in the
Portfolio  may be  withdrawn  at any time if the Board of  Directors of Security
Income Fund determines that it is in the best interests of the Fund to do so.

   The Portfolio's  investment objective is a high level of current income while
seeking to maintain a stable net asset value per Share. The Portfolio expects to
invest  primarily in fixed income  securities  ("Fixed  Income  Securities")  of
varying  maturities  rated,  at the  time of  purchase,  in one of the top  four
long-term  rating  categories  by Standard & Poor's  Ratings  Services  ("S&P"),
Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's"), or Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co.,
or  comparably  rated  by  another  nationally  recognized   statistical  rating
organization  ("NRSRO"),  or, if not rated by a NRSRO, of comparable  quality as
determined by Bankers Trust in its sole discretion.

   In addition,  the Portfolio will enter into contracts ("Wrapper  Agreements")
with  insurance  companies,  banks or  other  financial  institutions  ("Wrapper
Providers")  that  are  rated,  at the time of  purchase,  in one of the top two
long-term rating categories by Moody's or S&P. There is no active trading market
for Wrapper Agreements, and none is expected to develop; therefore, they will be
considered  illiquid.  At the time of purchase,  the value of all of the Wrapper
Agreements  and  any  other  illiquid  securities  will  not  exceed  15% of the
Portfolio's net assets.

   The following is a discussion of the various  investments  of and  techniques
employed by the Portfolio.

   SHORT-TERM  INSTRUMENTS.  The  Portfolio's  assets  may be  invested  in high
quality short-term  investments with remaining maturities of 397 days or less to
maintain  the  Liquidity   Reserve  (as  defined  below),  to  meet  anticipated
redemptions  and expenses for  day-to-day  operating  purposes and when,  in the
opinion of Bankers  Trust  Company,  the  Portfolio's  investment  adviser  (the
"Adviser" or "Bankers  Trust"),  it is advisable to adopt a temporary  defensive
position  because of unusual and adverse  conditions  affecting  the  respective
markets. The Portfolio may hold short-term investments consisting of foreign and
domestic (i) short-term  obligations of sovereign  governments,  their agencies,
instrumentalities,  authorities or political subdivisions; (ii) other short-term
debt securities rated in one of the top two short-term  rating  categories by an
NRSRO or, if unrated, of comparable quality in the opinion of the Adviser; (iii)
commercial paper; (iv) bank obligations,  including  negotiable  certificates of
deposit, time deposits and bankers' acceptances;  and (v) repurchase agreements.
At the time the  Portfolio  invests in commercial  paper,  bank  obligations  or
repurchase  agreements,   the  issuer  or  the  issuer's  parent  must  have  an
outstanding  long-term  debt rating of A or higher by Standard & Poor's  Ratings
Group ("S&P") or A-2 or higher by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's") or
outstanding  commercial paper or bank obligations rated A-1 by S&P or Prime-1 by
Moody's;  or,  if no such  ratings  are  available,  the  instrument  must be of
comparable quality in the opinion of the Adviser.

   CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT AND BANKERS' ACCEPTANCES. Certificates of deposit are
receipts  issued by a  depository  institution  in  exchange  for the deposit of
funds. The issuer agrees to pay the amount deposited plus interest to the bearer
of the receipt on the date specified on the certificate. The certificate usually
can be traded in the secondary  market prior to maturity.  Bankers'  acceptances
typically  arise  from  short-term  credit   arrangements   designed  to  enable
businesses to obtain funds to finance  commercial  transactions.  Generally,  an
acceptance  is a time draft  drawn on a bank by an  exporter  or an  importer to
obtain a stated  amount of funds to pay for specific  merchandise.  The draft is
then "accepted" by a bank that, in effect, unconditionally guarantees to pay the
face value of the  instrument on its maturity  date.  The acceptance may then be
held  by the  accepting  bank  as an  earning  asset  or it may be  sold  in the
secondary market at the going rate of discount for a specific maturity. Although
maturities for  acceptances can be as long as 270 days,  most  acceptances  have
maturities of six months or less.

   COMMERCIAL PAPER.  Commercial paper consists of short-term  (usually from one
to 270 days)  unsecured  promissory  notes  issued by  corporations  in order to
finance their current operations. A variable amount master demand note (which is
a type of commercial paper) represents a direct borrowing  arrangement involving
periodically  fluctuating  rates of interest under a letter agreement  between a
commercial paper issuer and an institutional lender pursuant to which the lender
may determine to invest varying amounts.

   For a description of commercial paper ratings, see the Appendix.

   U.S.  DOLLAR-DENOMINATED  FIXED  INCOME  SECURITIES.  Bonds  and  other  debt
instruments are used by issuers to borrow money from investors.  The issuer pays
the  investor a fixed or  variable  rate of  interest  and must repay the amount
borrowed at maturity.  Some debt  securities,  such as zero coupon bonds, do not
pay current  interest but are  purchased  at a discount  from their face values.
Debt securities, loans and other direct debt have varying degrees of quality and
varying levels of sensitivity to changes in interest  rates.  Longer-term  bonds
are generally more sensitive to interest rate changes than short-term bonds.

   U.S.  DOLLAR-DENOMINATED  FOREIGN  SECURITIES.  The  Portfolio  may  invest a
portion  of its  assets in the  dollar-denominated  debt  securities  of foreign
companies.  Investing in the securities of foreign companies involves more risks
than  investing  in  securities  of U.S.  companies.  Their  value is subject to
economic and political developments in the countries where the companies operate
and to changes in  foreign  currency  values.  Values  may also be  affected  by
foreign tax laws,  changes in foreign  economic or monetary  policies,  exchange
control regulations and regulations  involving  prohibitions on the repatriation
of foreign currencies.

   In general,  less  information may be available about foreign  companies than
about U.S.  companies,  and foreign  companies  are generally not subject to the
same  accounting,  auditing  and  financial  reporting  standards  as  are  U.S.
companies.  Foreign  securities  markets  may be less liquid and subject to less
regulation than the U.S. securities markets.  The costs of investing outside the
United States frequently are higher than those in the United States. These costs
include relatively higher brokerage commissions and foreign custody expenses.

   U.S. DOLLAR-DENOMINATED  SOVEREIGN AND SUPRANATIONAL FIXED INCOME SECURITIES.
Debt  instruments  issued or  guaranteed  by foreign  governments,  agencies and
supranational organizations ("sovereign debt obligations"), especially sovereign
debt obligations of developing countries, may involve a high degree of risk. The
issuer of the  obligation  or the  governmental  authorities  that  control  the
repayment of the debt may be unable or unwilling to repay principal and interest
when due and may require  renegotiation  or  rescheduling  of debt payments.  In
addition,  prospects  for  repayment  of  principal  and  interest may depend on
political as well as economic factors.

   MORTGAGE-   AND   ASSET-BACKED   SECURITIES.   The   Portfolio  may  purchase
mortgage-backed  securities  issued  by the U.S.  government,  its  agencies  or
instrumentalities and non-governmental  entities such as banks, mortgage lenders
or other financial  institutions.  Mortgage-backed  securities  include mortgage
pass-through   securities,   mortgage-backed   bonds  and  mortgage  pay-through
securities. A mortgage pass-through security is a pro rata interest in a pool of
mortgages  where the cash flow generated from the mortgage  collateral is passed
through to the security holder. A mortgage-backed  bond is a general  obligation
of the  issuer,  payable  out of the  issuer's  general  funds and  additionally
secured by a first lien on a pool of mortgages.  Mortgage pay-through securities
exhibit  characteristics  of both  pass-through and  mortgage-backed  bonds. The
mortgage  pass-through  securities issued by  non-governmental  entities such as
banks,  mortgage lenders or other financial  institutions in which the Portfolio
may invest  include  private label  mortgage  pass-through  securities and whole
loans. Mortgage-backed securities also include other debt obligations secured by
mortgages on commercial  real estate or residential  properties.  Other types of
mortgage-backed  securities  will likely be  developed  in the  future,  and the
Portfolio may invest in them if Bankers  Trust  determines  they are  consistent
with the Portfolio's investment objective and policies.

   COLLATERALIZED  MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS ("CMOS"). CMOs are mortgage-backed bonds
that separate mortgage pools into different classes,  called tranches.  Tranches
pay different rates of interest and can mature in a few months, or in as long as
20 years. Issued by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) and
private issuers, CMOs are usually backed by  government-guaranteed  or other top
grade mortgages and have AAA ratings.  In return for a lower yield, CMOs provide
investors  with  increased  security  throughout  the life of  their  investment
compared to purchasing a whole  mortgage-backed  security.  Even so, if mortgage
rates drop sharply, causing a flood of refinancings,  prepayment rates will soar
and CMO tranches will be repaid before their expected maturity.

   REMICs are pass-through  vehicles created under the tax reform act of 1986 to
issue  multiclass  mortgage-backed  securities.   REMICs  may  be  organized  as
corporations,  partnerships  or  trusts.  Interests  in REMICs  may be senior or
junior, regular (debt instruments) or residual (equity interests). CMOs normally
have AAA bond ratings, whereas REMICs represent a range of risk levels.

   Asset-backed   securities   have   structural   characteristics   similar  to
mortgage-backed  securities.  However,  the underlying assets are not first lien
mortgage  loans or interests  therein but include  assets such as motor  vehicle
installment sale contracts, other installment sale contracts, home equity loans,
leases of various  types of real and personal  property,  and  receivables  from
revolving credit (credit card) agreements.  Such assets are securitized  through
the use of trusts or special purpose corporations.  Payments or distributions of
principal  and  interest on  asset-backed  securities  may be  guaranteed  up to
certain  amounts  and for a certain  time period by a letter of credit or a pool
insurance policy issued by a financial institution unaffiliated with the issuer,
or other credit enhancements may be present.

   The yield  characteristics  of the mortgage- and  asset-backed  securities in
which the Portfolio may invest differ from those of traditional debt securities.
Among the major  differences  are that interest and principal  payments are made
more frequently on mortgage- and asset-backed  securities  (usually monthly) and
that principal may be prepaid at any time because the underlying  mortgage loans
or other  assets  generally  may be  prepaid  at any time.  As a result,  if the
Portfolio  purchases  these  securities at a premium,  a prepayment rate that is
faster than  expected will reduce their yield,  while a prepayment  rate that is
slower  than  expected  will  have the  opposite  effect  of  increasing  yield.
Conversely,  if the Portfolio  purchases these securities at a discount,  faster
than expected prepayments will increase,  while slower than expected prepayments
will reduce,  their yield.  Amounts  available for reinvestment by the Portfolio
are likely to be greater  during a period of declining  interest rates and, as a
result, are likely to be reinvested at lower interest rates than during a period
of rising interest rates.

   Unlike ordinary Fixed Income Securities,  which generally pay a fixed rate of
interest and return  principal upon maturity,  mortgage-backed  securities repay
both interest income and principal as part of their periodic  payments.  Because
the mortgages underlying mortgage-backed certificates can be prepaid at any time
by homeowners or corporate  borrowers,  mortgage-backed  securities give rise to
certain  unique  "pre-payment"  risks.  Prepayment  risk  or  call  risk  is the
likelihood that, during periods of falling interest rates,  securities with high
stated interest rates will be prepaid (or "called") prior to maturity, requiring
the Portfolio to invest the proceeds at generally lower interest rates.

   In general,  the prepayment rate for mortgage-backed  securities decreases as
interest  rates rise and  increases  as  interest  rates fall.  However,  rising
interest rates will tend to decrease the value of these securities. In addition,
an increase in interest rates may affect the  volatility of these  securities by
effectively changing a security that was considered a short-term security at the
time of  purchase  into a long-term  security.  Long-term  securities  generally
fluctuate  more widely in  response to changes in interest  rates than short- or
intermediate-term securities.

   The market for  privately  issued  mortgage- and  asset-backed  securities is
smaller  and less  liquid  than the market for U.S.  government  mortgage-backed
securities.  CMO classes may be specially  structured  in a manner that provides
any of a wide variety of investment  characteristics,  such as yield,  effective
maturity and interest rate sensitivity.  As market conditions  change,  however,
and  particularly  during  periods of rapid or  unanticipated  changes in market
interest  rates,  the  attractiveness  of the CMO classes and the ability of the
structure  to  provide  the  anticipated   investment   characteristics  may  be
significantly  reduced.  These  changes can result in  volatility  in the market
value, and in some instances reduced liquidity, of the CMO class.

   Asset-backed  securities  present  certain  risks that are not  presented  by
mortgage-backed securities.  Primarily, these securities do not have the benefit
of the same type of security  interest in the  related  collateral.  Credit card
receivables  are  generally  unsecured,  and the  debtors  are  entitled  to the
protection of a number of state and federal  consumer credit laws, many of which
give such  debtors  the right to avoid  payment of certain  amounts  owed on the
credit cards,  thereby reducing the balance due. There is the risk in connection
with automobile  receivables that recoveries on repossessed  collateral may not,
in some cases, be available to support payments on those securities.

   ZERO-COUPON  SECURITIES.  The  Portfolio  may invest in certain  zero  coupon
securities  that are  "stripped"  U.S.  Treasury  notes and bonds.  Zero  Coupon
Securities  including CATS,  TIGRs and TRs, are the separate income or principal
components  of a debt  instrument.  Zero coupon  securities  usually  trade at a
substantial  discount from their face or par value.  Zero coupon  securities are
subject to greater fluctuations of market value in response to changing interest
rates  than  debt  obligations  of  comparable   maturities  that  make  current
distributions of interest in cash. Zero coupon securities involve risks that are
similar to those of other debt  securities,  although they may be more volatile,
and the value of certain zero coupon  securities  moves in the same direction as
interest rates. Zero coupon bonds do not make regular interest payments.

   WRAPPER  AGREEMENTS.  Wrapper  Agreements  are  structured  with a number  of
different features.  Wrapper Agreements  purchased by the Portfolio are of three
basic types:  (1)  non-participating,  (2)  participating  and (3)  "hybrid." In
addition,  the Wrapper  Agreements will either be of  fixed-maturity or open-end
maturity  ("evergreen").  The Portfolio  enters into particular types of Wrapper
Agreements depending upon their respective cost to the Portfolio and the Wrapper
Provider's  creditworthiness,   as  well  as  upon  other  factors.  Under  most
circumstances,   it  is   anticipated   that  the  Portfolio   will  enter  into
participating  Wrapper  Agreements  of  open-end  maturity  and  hybrid  Wrapper
Agreements.

   Under a  NON-PARTICIPATING  WRAPPER  AGREEMENT,  the Wrapper Provider becomes
obligated  to make a payment  to the  Portfolio  whenever  the  Portfolio  sells
Covered Assets at a price below Book Value to meet withdrawals of a type covered
by the Wrapper Agreement (a "Benefit Event").  Conversely, the Portfolio becomes
obligated to make a payment to the Wrapper Provider whenever the Portfolio sells
Covered Assets at a price above their Book Value in response to a Benefit Event.
In neither case is the Crediting Rate adjusted at the time of the Benefit Event.
Accordingly,  under  this type of  Wrapper  Agreement,  while the  Portfolio  is
protected against decreases in the market value of the Covered Assets below Book
Value,  it does not realize  increases in the market value of the Covered Assets
above Book Value; those increases are realized by the Wrapper Providers.

   Under a  PARTICIPATING  WRAPPER  AGREEMENT,  the  obligation  of the  Wrapper
Provider or the  Portfolio  to make  payments to each other  typically  does not
arise until all of the Covered Assets have been liquidated.  Instead of payments
being made on the  occurrence of each Benefit  Event,  these  obligations  are a
factor in the periodic adjustment of the Crediting Rate.

   Under a HYBRID WRAPPER  AGREEMENT,  the obligation of the Wrapper Provider or
the  Portfolio  to make  payments  does not  arise  until  withdrawals  exceed a
specified  percentage of the Covered Assets,  after which time payment  covering
the difference between market value and Book Value will occur.

   A FIXED-MATURITY  WRAPPER AGREEMENT  terminates at a specified date, at which
time  settlement  of any  difference  between Book Value and market value of the
Covered Assets occurs. A fixed-maturity  Wrapper  Agreement tends to ensure that
the Covered  Assets  provide a relatively  fixed rate of return over a specified
period of time  through  bond  immunization,  which  targets the duration of the
Covered Assets to the remaining life of the Wrapper Agreement.

   An EVERGREEN  WRAPPER  AGREEMENT has no fixed  maturity date on which payment
must be made, and the rate of return on the Covered Assets  accordingly tends to
vary. Unlike the rate of return under a fixed-maturity  Wrapper  Agreement,  the
rate of return on assets covered by an evergreen Wrapper Agreement tends to more
closely  track  prevailing  market  interest  rates and thus  tends to rise when
interest  rates rise and fall when  interest  rates fall.  An evergreen  Wrapper
Agreement may be converted  into a  fixed-maturity  Wrapper  Agreement that will
mature in the number of years equal to the duration of the Covered Assets.

   Wrapper  Providers  are  banks,   insurance  companies  and  other  financial
institutions.  The number of Wrapper  Providers  has been  increasing  in recent
years. As of December 1999, there were  approximately 15 Wrapper Providers rated
in one of the top two long-term  rating  categories  by Moody's,  S&P or another
NRSRO. The cost of Wrapper  Agreements is typically 0.10% to 0.25% per dollar of
Covered Assets per annum.

   In the  event of the  default  of a Wrapper  Provider,  the  Portfolio  could
potentially lose the Book Value protections  provided by the Wrapper  Agreements
with that  Wrapper  Provider.  However,  the  impact  of such a  default  on the
Portfolio as a whole may be minimal or  non-existent  if the market value of the
Covered  Assets  thereunder  is greater than their Book Value at the time of the
default,  because the Wrapper Provider would have no obligation to make payments
to the Portfolio under those  circumstances.  In addition,  the Portfolio may be
able to obtain  another  Wrapper  Agreement  from  another  Wrapper  Provider to
provide Book Value protections with respect to those Covered Assets. The cost of
the  replacement  Wrapper  Agreement  might be higher than the  initial  Wrapper
Agreement due to market conditions or if the market value (plus accrued interest
on the  underlying  securities)  of those Covered Assets is less than their Book
Value at the time of entering into the  replacement  agreement.  Such cost would
also be in addition to any premiums  previously  paid to the defaulting  Wrapper
Provider.  If  the  Portfolio  were  unable  to  obtain  a  replacement  Wrapper
Agreement,  participants  redeeming Shares might experience losses if the market
value of the  Portfolio's  assets no longer covered by the Wrapper  Agreement is
below Book Value.  The  combination of the default of a Wrapper  Provider and an
inability to obtain a replacement  agreement  could render the Portfolio and the
Fund  unable to achieve  their  investment  objective  of seeking to  maintain a
stable value per Share.

   With  respect to  payments  made under the  Wrapper  Agreements  between  the
Portfolio  and the  Wrapper  Provider,  some  Wrapper  Agreements  provide  that
payments may be due upon disposition of the Covered Assets, while others provide
for  payment  only  upon the total  liquidation  of the  Covered  Assets or upon
termination of the Wrapper Agreement. In none of these cases, however, would the
terms of the Wrapper  Agreements  specify which  Portfolio  Securities are to be
disposed of or liquidated. Moreover, because it is anticipated that each Wrapper
Agreement will cover all Covered Assets up to a specified dollar amount, if more
than  one  Wrapper  Provider  becomes  obligated  to pay to  the  Portfolio  the
difference  between  Book Value and market value (plus  accrued  interest on the
underlying  securities),  each Wrapper  Provider  will pay a pro-rata  amount in
proportion  to the  maximum  dollar  amount  of  coverage  provided.  Thus,  the
Portfolio will not have the option of choosing  which Wrapper  Agreement to draw
upon in any such payment situation.  Under the terms of most Wrapper Agreements,
the Wrapper  Provider will have the right to terminate the Wrapper  Agreement in
the  event  that  material  changes  are  made  to  the  Portfolio's  investment
objectives or limitations  or to the nature of the  Portfolio's  operations.  In
such  event,  the  Portfolio  may be  obligated  to  pay  the  Wrapper  Provider
termination  fees equal in amount to the  premiums  that would have been due had
the Wrapper Agreement continued through the predetermined  period. The Portfolio
will have the right to terminate a Wrapper Agreement for any reason. Such right,
however, may also be subject to the payment of termination fees. In the event of
termination  of a  Wrapper  Agreement  or  conversion  of an  evergreen  Wrapper
Agreement  to a fixed  maturity,  some Wrapper  Agreements  may require that the
duration  of some  portion  of the  Fund's  portfolio  securities  be reduced to
correspond to the fixed  maturity or termination  date and that such  securities
maintain a higher  credit  rating  than is  normally  required,  either of which
requirements might adversely affect the return of the Portfolio and the Fund.

   RISKS OF WRAPPER  AGREEMENTS.  Each Wrapper  Agreement  obligates the Wrapper
Provider to maintain  the "Book  Value" of a portion of the  Portfolio's  assets
("Covered Assets") up to a specified maximum dollar amount,  upon the occurrence
of  certain  specified  events.  The Book Value of the  Covered  Assets is their
purchase  price (i) plus interest on the Covered  Assets at a rate  specified in
the Wrapper Agreement ("Crediting Rate"), and (ii) less an adjustment to reflect
any defaulted  securities.  The Crediting  Rate used in computing  Book Value is
calculated  by a formula  specified  in the  Wrapper  Agreement  and is adjusted
periodically.  In the case of Wrapper Agreements purchased by the Portfolio, the
Crediting  Rate is the  actual  interest  earned on the  Covered  Assets,  or an
index-based  approximation  thereof,  plus or minus an adjustment  for an amount
receivable from or payable to the Wrapper  Provider based on fluctuations in the
market value of the Covered Assets.  As a result,  while the Crediting Rate will
generally reflect movements in the market rates of interest,  it may at any time
be more or less than these  rates or the actual  interest  income  earned on the
Covered Assets. The Crediting Rate may also be impacted by defaulted  securities
and by increases  and  decreases of the amount of Covered  Assets as a result of
contributions  and  withdrawals  tied to the  sale  and  redemption  of  Shares.
Furthermore,   the  premiums  due  Wrapper  Providers  in  connection  with  the
Portfolio's investments in Wrapper Agreements are offset against interest earned
and thus reduce the Crediting Rate. These premiums are generally paid quarterly.
In no event will the  Crediting  Rate fall below zero percent  under the Wrapper
Agreements entered into by the Portfolio.

   Under the terms of a typical  Wrapper  Agreement,  if the market  value (plus
accrued  interest on the  underlying  securities)  of the Covered Assets is less
than their Book Value at the time the Covered  Assets are liquidated in order to
provide  proceeds  for  withdrawals  of  Portfolio   interests   resulting  from
redemptions  of  Shares  by Plan  participants,  the  Wrapper  Provider  becomes
obligated to pay to the  Portfolio  the  difference.  Conversely,  the Portfolio
becomes  obligated to make a payment to the Wrapper  Provider if it is necessary
for the Portfolio to liquidate  Covered Assets at a price above their Book Value
in order to make withdrawal payments. (Withdrawals generally will arise when the
Fund must pay  shareholders  who redeem their Shares.) Because it is anticipated
that each  Wrapper  Agreement  will cover all  Covered  Assets up to a specified
dollar amount, if more than one Wrapper Provider becomes obligated to pay to the
Portfolio  the  difference  between  Book Value and market  value (plus  accrued
interest on the underlying securities),  each Wrapper Provider will be obligated
to pay a pro-rata  amount in proportion to the maximum dollar amount of coverage
provided. Thus, the Portfolio will not have the option of choosing which Wrapper
Agreement to draw upon in any such payment situation.

   The terms of the Wrapper  Agreements vary concerning when these payments must
actually be made between the Portfolio and the Wrapper Provider.  In some cases,
payments  may be due upon  disposition  of the  Covered  Assets;  other  Wrapper
Agreements provide for settlement only upon termination of the Wrapper Agreement
or total liquidation of the Covered Assets.

   The Fund expects that the use of Wrapper  Agreements  by the  Portfolio  will
under most  circumstances  permit the Fund to maintain a constant  NAV per Share
and to pay  dividends  that will  generally  reflect over time both the interest
income of, and market  gains and  losses  on,  the  Covered  Assets  held by the
Portfolio less the expenses of the Fund and the Portfolio. However, there can be
no  guarantee  that the Fund will  maintain a constant NAV per Share or that any
Fund shareholder or Plan participant will realize the same investment  return as
might be realized by investing  directly in the Portfolio  assets other than the
Wrapper Agreements. For example, a default by the issuer of a Portfolio Security
or a Wrapper Provider on its obligations might result in a decrease in the value
of the Portfolio assets and,  consequently,  the Shares.  The Wrapper Agreements
generally  do not  protect  the  Portfolio  from loss if an issuer of  Portfolio
Securities defaults on payments of interest or principal.  Additionally,  a Fund
shareholder  may realize more or less than the actual  investment  return on the
Portfolio  Securities  depending upon the timing of the shareholder's  purchases
and redemption of Shares, as well as those of other  shareholders.  Furthermore,
there can be no assurance that the Portfolio will be able at all times to obtain
Wrapper  Agreements.  Although it is the current  intention of the  Portfolio to
obtain such agreements  covering all of its assets (with the exceptions  noted),
the  Portfolio  may elect not to cover  some or all of its assets  with  Wrapper
Agreements  should  Wrapper   Agreements  become  unavailable  or  should  other
conditions  such as cost,  in Bankers  Trust's  sole  discretion,  render  their
purchase inadvisable.

   If, in the  event of a default  of a Wrapper  Provider,  the  Portfolio  were
unable to obtain a replacement Wrapper Agreement,  participants redeeming Shares
might experience losses if the market value of the Portfolio's  assets no longer
covered by the Wrapper  Agreement is below Book Value.  The  combination  of the
default of a Wrapper Provider and an inability to obtain a replacement agreement
could  render the  Portfolio  and the Fund  unable to achieve  their  investment
objective of maintaining a stable NAV per Share. If the Board of Trustees of the
Portfolio Trust (the "Portfolio Trust Board") determines that a Wrapper Provider
is unable to make  payments  when due, that Board may assign a fair value to the
Wrapper  Agreement that is less than the  difference  between the Book Value and
the market value (plus accrued  interest on the  underlying  securities)  of the
applicable  Covered  Assets and the  Portfolio  might be unable to maintain  NAV
stability.

   Some  Wrapper  Agreements  require  that the  Portfolio  maintain a specified
percentage of its total assets in short-term investments  ("Liquidity Reserve").
These  short-term  investments  must be used for the payment of withdrawals from
the Portfolio and Portfolio expenses.  To the extent the Liquidity Reserve falls
below the specified  percentage  of total assets,  the Portfolio is obligated to
direct all net cash flow to the  replenishment  of the  Liquidity  Reserve.  The
obligation to maintain a Liquidity  Reserve may result in a lower return for the
Portfolio  and the Fund than if these funds were invested in  longer-term  Fixed
Income  Securities.  The Liquidity Reserve required by all Wrapper Agreements is
not expected to exceed 20% of the Portfolio's total assets.

   Wrapper  Agreements  also  require  that the Covered  Assets have a specified
duration  or  maturity,  consist of  specified  types of  securities  or be of a
specified  investment  quality.  The Portfolio will purchase Wrapper  Agreements
whose  criteria  in this regard are  consistent  with the  Portfolio's  (and the
Fund's)  investment  objective  and policies as  described  in this  Prospectus.
Wrapper  Agreements may also require the disposition of securities whose ratings
are downgraded below a certain level. This may limit the Portfolio's  ability to
hold such downgraded securities.  For a description of Wrapper Provider ratings,
see the Appendix.

   ILLIQUID SECURITIES.  Mutual funds do not typically hold a significant amount
of  illiquid  securities  because  of the  potential  for  delays on resale  and
uncertainty  in valuation.  Limitations  on resale may have an adverse effect on
the marketability of portfolio securities,  and a mutual fund might be unable to
dispose  of  illiquid  securities  promptly  or at  reasonable  prices and might
thereby experience difficulty satisfying redemptions within seven days. A mutual
fund might also have to register  restricted  securities  in order to dispose of
them, resulting in additional expense and delay. Adverse market conditions could
impede such a public offering of securities.

   In recent  years,  however,  a large  institutional  market has developed for
certain  securities  that  are not  registered  under  the 1933  Act,  including
repurchase   agreements,   commercial  paper,   foreign  securities,   municipal
securities and corporate  bonds and notes.  Rule 144A  Securities are securities
that are not  registered for sale under the federal  securities  laws but can be
resold to  institutions  pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933.
Institutional investors depend on an efficient institutional market in which the
unregistered security can be readily resold or on an issuer's ability to honor a
demand for repayment.  The fact that there are contractual or legal restrictions
on resale of such  investments to the general public or to certain  institutions
may not be indicative of their liquidity.

   The  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  (the "SEC") has adopted Rule 144A
under the 1933 Act,  which  allows a broader  institutional  trading  market for
securities  otherwise  subject to  restriction  on their  resale to the  general
public. Rule 144A establishes a "safe harbor" from the registration requirements
of the 1933 Act for resales of certain  securities  to  qualified  institutional
buyers.  The  Adviser   anticipates  that  the  market  for  certain  restricted
securities  such as  institutional  commercial  paper will  expand  further as a
result of this rule and the  development  of automated  systems for the trading,
clearance  and  settlement  of  unregistered  securities of domestic and foreign
issuers,  such as the PORTAL  System  sponsored by the National  Association  of
Securities Dealers, Inc.

   The Adviser will monitor the  liquidity of Rule 144A  securities  held by the
Portfolio  under the  supervision  of the  Portfolio  Trust  Board.  In reaching
liquidity  decisions,  the  Adviser  will  consider,  among  other  things,  the
following factors: (1) the frequency of trades and quotes for the security;  (2)
the number of dealers and other potential purchasers or sellers of the security;
(3) dealer undertakings to make a market in the security;  and (4) the nature of
the security and of the marketplace  trades (e.g., the time needed to dispose of
the  security,  the  method  of  soliciting  offers  and  the  mechanics  of the
transfer).

   Provided that a dealer or  institutional  trading  market in such  securities
exists,  these restricted  securities are treated as exempt from the Portfolio's
15% limit on illiquid  securities.  Under the supervision of the Portfolio Trust
Board,  Bankers Trust  determines  the liquidity of restricted  securities;  and
through reports from Bankers Trust,  the Portfolio Trust Board monitors  trading
activity  in  restricted  securities.  If  institutional  trading in  restricted
securities  were to decline,  the liquidity of the Portfolio  could be adversely
affected.

   WHEN-ISSUED  AND DELAYED  DELIVERY  SECURITIES.  The  Portfolio  may purchase
securities on a when-issued or delayed  delivery basis.  Delivery of and payment
for  these  securities  can  take  place a month or more  after  the date of the
purchase  commitment.  The purchase price and the interest rate payable, if any,
on the securities are fixed on the purchase  commitment  date or at the time the
settlement  date is fixed.  The value of such  securities  is  subject to market
fluctuation,  and no interest  accrues to the Portfolio until  settlement  takes
place. At the time the Portfolio makes the commitment to purchase  securities on
a when-issued or delayed delivery basis, it will record the transaction, reflect
the value each day of such securities in determining its NAV and, if applicable,
calculate  the maturity for the purposes of average  maturity from that date. At
the time of  settlement,  a when-issued  security may be valued at less than the
purchase  price. To facilitate  such  acquisitions,  the Portfolio will maintain
with its  custodian  (Bankers  Trust) a segregated  account with liquid  assets,
consisting of cash, U.S. government securities or other appropriate  securities,
in an amount at least  equal to such  commitments.  On  delivery  dates for such
transactions,  the Portfolio will meet its obligations  from maturities or sales
of the securities  held in the segregated  account and/or from cash flow. If the
Portfolio  chooses to dispose  of the right to  acquire a  when-issued  security
prior to its  acquisition,  it  could,  as with  the  disposition  of any  other
portfolio  obligation,  realize a gain or loss due to market fluctuation.  It is
the current  policy of the Portfolio not to enter into  when-issued  commitments
exceeding in the  aggregate  15% of the market value of its total  assets,  less
liabilities other than the obligations created by when-issued commitments.

   U.S. GOVERNMENT  OBLIGATIONS.  The Portfolio may invest in obligations issued
or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or instrumentalities.  U.S. government
securities are  high-quality  debt  securities  issued or guaranteed by the U.S.
Treasury  or by an  agency  or  instrumentality  of the U.S.  government.  These
obligations  may or may not be  backed by the "full  faith  and  credit"  of the
United States. In the case of securities not backed by the full faith and credit
of the United States,  the Portfolio must look principally to the federal agency
issuing or  guaranteeing  the obligation  for ultimate  repayment and may not be
able to assert a claim  against the United States itself in the event the agency
or  instrumentality  does not  meet its  commitments.  Securities  in which  the
Portfolio  may  invest  that are not  backed by the full faith and credit of the
United States include obligations of the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Federal
Home Loan Mortgage  Corporation and the U.S.  Postal Service,  each of which has
the  right to  borrow  from  the U.S.  Treasury  to meet  its  obligations,  and
obligations  of the Federal Farm Credit  System and the Federal Home Loan Banks,
both of whose  obligations may be satisfied only by the individual credit of the
issuing  agency.  Securities that are backed by the full faith and credit of the
United  States  include   obligations  of  the  Government   National   Mortgage
Association (the "GNMA"),  the Farmers Home Administration and the Export-Import
Bank.

   LOWER-RATED DEBT SECURITIES ("JUNK BONDS").  The Portfolio may invest in debt
securities  rated in the fifth and sixth  long-term  rating  categories  by S&P,
Moody's and Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Company,  or comparably rated by another
NRSRO,  or if not rated by a NRSRO,  of  comparable  quality  as  determined  by
Bankers Trust in its sole discretion.  While the market for high yield corporate
debt securities has been in existence for many years and has weathered  previous
economic  downturns,  the 1980's brought a dramatic  increase in the use of such
securities to fund highly leveraged  corporate  acquisitions and  restructuring.
Past experience may not provide an accurate  indication of future performance of
the high yield bond market,  especially during periods of economic recession. In
fact,  from 1989 to 1991,  the percentage of lower-rated  debt  securities  that
defaulted rose significantly above prior levels.

   The market for  lower-rated  debt  securities  may be thinner and less active
than that for  higher  rated debt  securities,  which can  adversely  affect the
prices at which the former are sold.  If market  quotations  are not  available,
lower-rated  debt  securities  will be  valued  in  accordance  with  procedures
established  by the Board of  Trustees,  including  the use of  outside  pricing
services.  Judgment  plays a greater role in valuing high yield  corporate  debt
securities  than is the case for securities for which more external  sources for
quotations  and last  sale  information  is  available.  Adverse  publicity  and
changing  investor  perception may affect the  availability  of outside  pricing
services to value  lower-rated  debt securities and the  Portfolio's  ability to
dispose of these securities.

   Since the risk of default is higher for lower-rated debt securities,  Bankers
Trust's  research  and  credit  analysis  are an  especially  important  part of
managing  securities  of  this  type  held  by  the  Portfolio.  In  considering
investments  for the  Portfolio,  Bankers  Trust will attempt to identify  those
issuers of high yielding debt securities whose financial conditions are adequate
to meet future  obligations,  have  improved  or are  expected to improve in the
future.  Bankers  Trust's  analysis  focuses on  relative  values  based on such
factors as interest on dividend coverage, asset coverage, earnings prospects and
the experience and managerial strength of the issuer.

   The Portfolio may choose,  at its expense or in conjunction  with others,  to
pursue litigation or otherwise  exercise its rights as a security holder to seek
to protect the interest of security  holders if it determines  this to be in the
interest of the Portfolio.

   HEDGING  STRATEGIES.  The  Portfolio may use certain  strategies  designed to
adjust the overall risk of its investment portfolio.  These "hedging" strategies
involve  derivative  contracts,  including U.S. Treasury and Eurodollar  futures
contracts and  exchange-traded  put and call options on such futures  contracts.
New financial products and risk management  techniques  continue to be developed
and may be used if  consistent  with the  Portfolio's  investment  objective and
policies.  Among  other  purposes,  these  hedging  strategies  may be  used  to
effectively  maintain a desired portfolio  duration or to protect against market
risk should the Portfolio change its investments  among different types of Fixed
Income  Securities.  In this respect,  these hedging strategies are designed for
different purposes than the investments in Wrapper Agreements.

   The  Portfolio  might  not use any  hedging  strategies,  and there can be no
assurance  that any strategy used will  succeed.  If the Adviser is incorrect in
its judgment on market values, interest rates or other economic factors in using
a hedging  strategy,  the  Portfolio may have lower net income and a net loss on
the investment. Each of these strategies involves certain risks, which include:

*  the fact that the skills needed to use hedging instruments are different from
   those needed to select securities for the Portfolio;

*  the possibility of imperfect correlation, or even no correlation, between the
   price movements of hedging  instruments and price movements of the securities
   or currencies being hedged;

*  possible  constraints  placed on the Portfolio's  ability to purchase or sell
   portfolio investments at advantageous times due to the need for the Portfolio
   to maintain "cover" or to segregate securities; and

*  the  possibility  that the Portfolio will be unable to close out or liquidate
   its hedged position.

   FUTURES CONTRACTS AND OPTIONS ON FUTURES CONTRACTS -- GENERAL. The successful
use of these  instruments  draws upon the Adviser's  skill and  experience  with
respect to such  instruments  and  usually  depends on its  ability to  forecast
interest  rate  movements  correctly.  If interest  rates move in an  unexpected
manner,  the  Portfolio  may not  achieve  the  anticipated  benefits of futures
contracts or options  thereon or may realize  losses and thus will be in a worse
position than if such strategies had not been used. In addition, the correlation
between  movements  in the price of futures  contracts  or options  thereon  and
movements  in the price of the  securities  hedged or used for cover will not be
perfect and could produce unanticipated losses.

   FUTURES CONTRACTS. The Portfolio may enter into contracts for the purchase or
sale for future  delivery  of  fixed-income  securities  or  contracts  based on
financial indices,  including any index of U.S. government  securities,  foreign
government securities or corporate debt securities.  U.S. futures contracts have
been designed by exchanges that have been designated  "contracts markets" by the
Commodity  Futures Trading  Commission  ("CFTC") and must be executed  through a
futures commission merchant, or brokerage firm, that is a member of the relevant
contract market.  Futures contracts trade on a number of exchange markets,  and,
through their clearing corporations,  the exchanges guarantee performance of the
contracts as between the clearing  members of the  exchange.  The  Portfolio may
enter into futures  contracts  based on debt  securities  that are backed by the
full faith and credit of the U.S.  government,  such as long-term U.S.  Treasury
bonds,  U.S.  Treasury  notes,   GNMA  modified   pass-through   mortgage-backed
securities and three-month  U.S.  Treasury  bills.  The Portfolio may also enter
into futures contracts that are based on bonds issued by entities other than the
U.S. government.

   At the same time a futures  contract is purchased or sold, the Portfolio must
allocate cash or securities as a deposit payment. Daily thereafter,  the futures
contract  is valued  and  "variation  margin"  may be  required  (that  is,  the
Portfolio  may have to provide or may receive cash that  reflects any decline or
increase in the contract's value).

   At the  time of  delivery  of  securities  pursuant  to a  futures  contract,
adjustments are made to recognize differences in value arising from the delivery
of  securities  with a  different  interest  rate  from  that  specified  in the
contract.  In some  (but not many)  cases,  securities  called  for by a futures
contract may not have been issued when the contract was written.

   Although  futures  contracts  by their terms call for the actual  delivery or
acquisition of securities, in most cases the contractual obligation is fulfilled
before  the  termination  date of the  contract  without  having to make or take
delivery of the  securities.  The  offsetting  of a  contractual  obligation  is
accomplished  by  buying  (or  selling,  as the  case  may be) on a  commodities
exchange an identical  futures  contract calling for delivery in the same month.
Such a transaction,  which is effected through a member of an exchange,  cancels
the  obligation  to  make  or  take  delivery  of  the  securities.   Since  all
transactions  in the  futures  market are made,  offset or  fulfilled  through a
clearinghouse  associated  with the exchange on which the  contracts are traded,
the  Portfolio  will incur  brokerage  fees when it purchases  or sells  futures
contracts.

   The purpose of the Portfolio's  acquisition or sale of a futures  contract is
to attempt to protect the Portfolio from  fluctuations in interest rates without
actually buying or selling  fixed-income  securities.  For example,  if interest
rates were  expected  to  increase  (which  thus would  cause the prices of debt
securities to decline), the Portfolio might enter into futures contracts for the
sale of debt securities.  Such a sale would have much the same effect as selling
an equivalent value of the debt securities  owned by the Portfolio.  If interest
rates did increase, the value of the debt securities held by the Portfolio would
decline,  but the value of the futures contracts to the Portfolio would increase
at  approximately  the same  rate,  thereby  keeping  the  Portfolio's  NAV from
declining as much as it otherwise  would have.  The Portfolio  could  accomplish
similar  results by selling debt  securities  and  investing in bonds with short
maturities  when  interest  rates are expected to increase.  However,  since the
futures market is more liquid than the cash market, the use of futures contracts
as an investment technique allows the Portfolio to maintain a defensive position
without having to sell its portfolio securities.

   Similarly,  when  it is  expected  that  interest  rates  may  decline  (thus
increasing the value of debt securities),  futures contracts for the acquisition
of debt  securities  may be  purchased to attempt to hedge  against  anticipated
purchases of debt  securities at higher prices.  Since the  fluctuations  in the
value of futures  contracts  should be similar to those of the  underlying  debt
securities,  the Portfolio could take advantage of the  anticipated  rise in the
value of debt  securities  without  actually  buying  them  until the market had
stabilized.  At that time,  the futures  contracts  could be liquidated  and the
Portfolio could then buy debt  securities on the cash market.  To the extent the
Portfolio  enters into futures  contracts  for this  purpose,  the assets in the
segregated  asset account  maintained to cover the Portfolio's  obligations with
respect to such futures contracts will consist of cash, cash equivalents or high
quality  liquid debt  securities  from its  portfolio  in an amount equal to the
difference  between the fluctuating  market value of such futures  contracts and
the  aggregate  value of the initial and variation  margin  payments made by the
Portfolio with respect to such futures contracts.

   The ordinary  spreads between prices in the cash and futures  market,  due to
differences in the nature of those markets,  are subject to distortions.  First,
all  participants  in the futures  market are  subject to initial and  variation
margin   requirements.   Rather  than  meeting   additional   variation   margin
requirements,   investors  may  close  futures  contracts   through   offsetting
transactions  that could  distort the normal  relationship  between the cash and
futures  markets.  Second,  the  liquidity  of the  futures  market  depends  on
participants entering into offsetting  transactions rather than making or taking
delivery. To the extent participants decide to make or take delivery,  liquidity
in the futures market could be reduced, thus producing  distortion.  Third, from
the point of view of speculators, the margin deposit requirements in the futures
market are less  onerous  than margin  requirements  in the  securities  market.
Therefore,  increased  participation  by  speculators  in the futures market may
cause  temporary  price  distortions.  Due to the  possibility of distortion,  a
correct  forecast of general interest rate trends by Bankers Trust may still not
result in a successful transaction.

   In addition,  futures  contracts entail risks.  Although the Adviser believes
that  use of such  contracts  will  benefit  the  Portfolio,  if its  investment
judgment  about the  general  direction  of  interest  rates is  incorrect,  the
Portfolio's  overall performance would be poorer than if it had not entered into
any such  contract.  For  example,  if the  Portfolio  has  hedged  against  the
possibility  of an increase in interest  rates that would  adversely  affect the
price of debt  securities  held in its  portfolio  and interest  rates  decrease
instead,  the  Portfolio  will lose part or all of the benefit of the  increased
value of its debt  securities that it has hedged because it will have offsetting
losses  in its  futures  positions.  In  addition,  in such  situations,  if the
Portfolio has  insufficient  cash, it may have to sell debt  securities from its
portfolio to meet daily variation margin requirements.  Such sales of securities
may be, but will not necessarily be, at increased prices that reflect the rising
market.  The  Portfolio  may have to sell  securities  at a time  when it may be
disadvantageous to do so.

   OPTIONS ON FUTURES  CONTRACTS.  The  Portfolio  may purchase and write (sell)
options on futures contracts for hedging purposes. The purchase of a call option
on a futures  contract  is similar in some  respects  to the  purchase of a call
option  on an  individual  security.  Depending  on the  pricing  of the  option
compared to either the price of the futures  contract  upon which it is based or
the price of the  underlying  debt  securities,  it may or may not be less risky
than ownership of the futures  contract or underlying debt  securities.  As with
the purchase of futures  contracts,  when the Portfolio is not fully invested it
may  purchase  a call  option on a futures  contract  to hedge  against a market
advance due to declining interest rates.

   The  writing of a call  option on a futures  contract  constitutes  a partial
hedge against declining prices of the security that is deliverable upon exercise
of the futures  contract.  If the futures  price at  expiration of the option is
below the price specified in the option ("exercise  price"),  the Portfolio will
retain the full amount of the net premium (the premium  received for writing the
option less any  commission),  which will  provide a partial  hedge  against any
decline that may have occurred in its portfolio  holdings.  The writing of a put
option on a futures  contract  constitutes a partial  hedge  against  increasing
prices  of the  security  that  is  deliverable  upon  exercise  of the  futures
contract.  If the futures  price at  expiration of the option is higher than the
exercise  price,  the  Portfolio  will  retain the full amount of the option net
premium, which will provide a partial hedge against any increase in the price of
securities that the Portfolio  intends to purchase.  If a put or call option the
Portfolio has written is exercised,  the Portfolio may incur a loss that will be
reduced by the amount of the net premium it receives. Depending on the degree of
correlation between changes in the value of its portfolio securities and changes
in the value of its futures  positions,  such losses  from  existing  options on
futures  may to some extent be reduced or  increased  by changes in the value of
portfolio securities.

   The  purchase  of a put  option  on a futures  contract  is  similar  in some
respects to the  purchase of put options on portfolio  securities.  For example,
the  Portfolio  may  purchase  a put option on a futures  contract  to hedge its
portfolio  against  the risk of rising  interest  rates.  The amount of risk the
Portfolio  assumes  when it  purchases  an option on a futures  contract  is the
premium paid for the option plus related  transaction  costs. In addition to the
correlation  risks discussed  above,  the purchase of an option also entails the
risk that changes in the value of the  underlying  futures  contract will not be
fully reflected in the value of the option purchased.

   The Portfolio  Trust Board has adopted a restriction  that the Portfolio will
not  enter  into any  futures  contract  or  option  on a  futures  contract  if
immediately  thereafter  the  amount  of  margin  deposits  on all  the  futures
contracts held by the Portfolio and premiums paid on outstanding  options on its
futures contracts (other than those entered into for BONA FIDE hedging purposes)
would exceed 5% of the market value of the Portfolio's total assets.

   OPTIONS ON  SECURITIES.  The Portfolio may write (sell)  covered call and put
options on its portfolio  securities  ("covered options") to a limited extent in
an attempt to increase income.  However, the Portfolio may forgo the benefits of
appreciation  on  securities  sold or may pay  more  than  the  market  price on
securities  acquired  pursuant to call and put options it writes.  A call option
written  by a  Portfolio  is  "covered"  if the  Portfolio  owns the  underlying
security  covered by the call or has an absolute and immediate  right to acquire
that security  without  additional  cash  consideration  (or for additional cash
consideration  held in a segregated account by its custodian) upon conversion or
exchange  of other  securities  held in its  portfolio.  A call  option  is also
covered if the  Portfolio  holds a call option on the same  security  and in the
same principal amount as the written call option where the exercise price of the
call  option  so held  (a) is equal to or less  than the  exercise  price of the
written  call option or (b) is greater  than the  exercise  price of the written
call option if the  difference  is  maintained  by the  Portfolio in cash,  U.S.
government  securities and other high quality liquid  securities in a segregated
account with its custodian.

   When the  Portfolio  writes a covered call option,  it gives the purchaser of
the option the right to buy the  underlying  security at the  exercise  price by
exercising  the  option at any time  during  the  option  period.  If the option
expires unexercised, the Portfolio will realize income in an amount equal to the
premium received for writing the option. If the option is exercised,  a decision
over which the Portfolio has no control,  the Portfolio must sell the underlying
security to the option holder at the exercise  price.  By writing a covered call
option, the Portfolio forgoes, in exchange for the net premium,  the opportunity
to profit  during the option  period from an increase in the market value of the
underlying security above the exercise price.

   When the Portfolio writes a covered put option, it gives the purchaser of the
option  the  right to sell  the  underlying  security  to the  Portfolio  at the
exercise  price at any time  during the  option  period.  If the option  expires
unexercised,  the Portfolio will realize income in the amount of the net premium
received for writing the option. If the put option is exercised, a decision over
which the Portfolio has no control,  the Portfolio  must purchase the underlying
security from the option holder at the exercise  price. By writing a covered put
option,  the Portfolio,  in exchange for the net premium,  accepts the risk of a
decline in the market value of the underlying security below the exercise price.
The  Portfolio  will only write put  options  involving  securities  for which a
determination  is made at the time the  option  is  written  that the  Portfolio
wishes to acquire the securities at the exercise price.

   The Portfolio  may  terminate  its  obligation as the writer of a call or put
option by purchasing an option with the same exercise price and expiration  date
as the option previously written. This transaction is called a "closing purchase
transaction."  The Portfolio will realize a profit or loss on a closing purchase
transaction  if the amount paid to purchase  the option is less or more,  as the
case may be,  than the amount  received  from the sale  thereof.  To close out a
position as a purchaser of an option,  the  Portfolio  may enter into a "closing
sale  transaction,"  which  involves  liquidating  the  Portfolio's  position by
selling the option  previously  purchased.  Where the Portfolio  cannot effect a
closing purchase transaction, it may be forced to incur brokerage commissions or
dealer  spreads in selling  securities  it  receives or it may be forced to hold
underlying securities until an option is exercised or expires.

   When the  Portfolio  writes an  option,  an amount  equal to the net  premium
received is included in the  liability  section of its  Statement  of Assets and
Liabilities  as a deferred  credit.  The amount of the  deferred  credit will be
subsequently marked to market to reflect the current market value of the option.
The current  market  value of a traded  option is the last sale price or, in the
absence of a sale,  the mean  between the closing  bid and asked  prices.  If an
option expires or if the Portfolio enters into a closing  purchase  transaction,
the Portfolio  will realize a gain (or loss if the cost of the closing  purchase
transaction  exceeds the net premium received when the option was sold), and the
deferred  credit related to such option will be eliminated.  If a call option is
exercised,  the  Portfolio  will  realize  a gain or loss  from  the sale of the
underlying  security  and the  proceeds  of the sale  will be  increased  by the
premium originally  received.  The writing of covered call options may be deemed
to  involve  the  pledge of the  securities  against  which the  option is being
written. Securities against which call options are written will be segregated on
the books of the custodian for the Portfolio.

   The Portfolio may purchase call and put options on any securities in which it
may invest.  The Portfolio would normally purchase a call option in anticipation
of an increase in the market  value of such  securities.  The purchase of a call
option  would  entitle the  Portfolio,  in exchange  for the  premium  paid,  to
purchase a security at a specified price during the option period. The Portfolio
would ordinarily have a gain if the value of the securities  increased above the
exercise  price  sufficiently  to cover the premium and would have a loss if the
value of the  securities  remained  at or below the  exercise  price  during the
option period.

   The  Portfolio  would  normally  purchase  put options in  anticipation  of a
decline in the market value of securities in its portfolio  ("protective  puts")
or securities of the type in which it is permitted to invest.  The purchase of a
put option would  entitle the  Portfolio,  in exchange for the premium  paid, to
sell a security,  which may or may not be held in the Portfolio's holdings, at a
specified  price during the option  period.  The purchase of protective  puts is
designed  merely to offset or hedge against a decline in the market value of the
Portfolio's holdings. Put options also may be purchased by the Portfolio for the
purpose  of  benefiting  from a  decline  in the  price of  securities  that the
Portfolio does not own. The Portfolio would  ordinarily  recognize a gain if the
value of the securities decreased below the exercise price sufficiently to cover
the premium and would  recognize a loss if the value of the securities  remained
at or above the exercise  price.  Gains and losses on the purchase of protective
put options  would tend to be offset by  countervailing  changes in the value of
underlying portfolio securities.

   The Portfolio has adopted certain non-fundamental  policies concerning option
transactions that are discussed below.

   The hours of trading for options on  securities  may not conform to the hours
during which the  underlying  securities  are traded if the option markets close
before the markets for the  underlying  securities,  significant  price and rate
movements can take place in the underlying  securities  markets that will not be
reflected  in the option  markets.  It is  impossible  to predict  the volume of
trading  that may exist in such  options,  and there  can be no  assurance  that
viable exchange markets will develop or continue.

   The  Portfolio  may  engage in  over-the-counter  options  transactions  with
broker-dealers who make markets in these options. At present,  approximately ten
broker-dealers,  including  several  of the  largest  primary  dealers  in  U.S.
government   securities,   make  these   markets.   The  ability  to   terminate
over-the-counter  option  positions is more  limited  than with  exchange-traded
option  positions  because the  predominant  market is the issuing broker rather
than an exchange and may involve the risk that  broker-dealers  participating in
such transactions will not fulfill their  obligations.  To reduce this risk, the
Portfolio  will purchase such options only from  broker-dealers  who are primary
U.S. government securities dealers recognized by the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York and who agree to (and are expected to be capable of) entering  into closing
transactions,  although  there can be no guarantee  that any such option will be
liquidated at a favorable price prior to expiration.  Bankers Trust will monitor
the creditworthiness of dealers with whom the Portfolio enters into such options
transactions under the general supervision of the Portfolio Board.

   GLOBAL ASSET ALLOCATION STRATEGY ("GAA STRATEGY"). In connection with the GAA
Strategy and in addition to the securities  described  above,  the Portfolio may
invest  in  indexed   securities,   futures  contracts  on  securities  indices,
securities  representing  securities  of foreign  issuers (e.g.  ADRs,  GDRs and
EDRs),  options  on  stocks,  options on  futures  contracts,  foreign  currency
exchange  transactions  and options on foreign  currencies.  These are discussed
below, to the extent not already described above.

   INDEXED SECURITIES.  The indexed securities in which the Portfolio may invest
include debt  securities  whose value at maturity is  determined by reference to
the relative prices of various  currencies or to the price of a stock index. The
value of such securities depends on the price of foreign currencies,  securities
indices  or other  financial  values  or  statistics.  These  securities  may be
positively or negatively indexed;  that is, their value may increase or decrease
if the underlying instrument appreciates.

   FUTURES  CONTRACTS ON  SECURITIES  INDICES.  Futures  contracts on securities
indices  provide for the making and acceptance of a cash  settlement  based upon
changes in the value of an index of securities,  and will be entered into by the
Portfolio to hedge against  anticipated  future change in general  market prices
which  otherwise might either  adversely  affect the value of securities held by
the Portfolio or adversely affect the prices of securities which are intended to
be purchased  at a later date for the  Portfolio,  or as an  efficient  means of
managing  allocations  between  asset  classes.  A futures  contract may also be
entered  into to close out or offset an  existing  futures  position.  The risks
attendant  to futures  contracts on  securities  indices are similar to those of
futures contracts, discussed above.

   SECURITIES  REPRESENTING  SECURITIES  OF  FOREIGN  ISSUERS.  The  Portfolio's
investments in the securities of foreign  issuers may be made directly or in the
form of  American  Depositary  Receipts  ("ADRs"),  Global  Depositary  Receipts
("GDRs"),  European  Depositary  Receipts  ("EDRs") or other similar  securities
representing securities of foreign issuers. These securities may not necessarily
be denominated in the same currency as the securities they represent,  and while
designed for use as alternatives to the purchase of the underlying securities in
their  national  markets  and  currencies,  are subject to the same risks as the
foreign securities to which they relate.

   FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE  TRANSACTIONS.  The Portfolio from time to time may
enter  into  foreign  currency  exchange  transactions  to  convert  to and from
different foreign  currencies and to convert foreign  currencies to and from the
U.S. dollar,  either on a spot (i.e., cash) basis at the spot rate prevailing in
the foreign currency  exchange market,  or through forward contracts to purchase
or sell  foreign  currencies.  A  forward  foreign  currency  exchange  contract
obligates  the  Portfolio  to purchase  or sell a specific  currency at a future
date,  which  may be any fixed  number  of days  from the date of the  contract.
Forward  foreign  currency  exchange  contracts  establish an exchange rate at a
future date.  These contracts are transferable in the interbank market conducted
directly between  currency  traders  (usually large commercial  banks) and their
customers. A forward foreign currency exchange contract generally has no deposit
requirement  and is traded  at a net  price  without  commission.  Neither  spot
transactions  nor  forward  foreign  currency   exchange   contracts   eliminate
fluctuations in the prices of the Portfolio's  securities or in foreign exchange
rates, or prevent loss if the prices of these securities should decline.

   The  Portfolio may enter into foreign  currency  hedging  transactions  in an
attempt to protect  against changes in foreign  currency  exchange rates between
the trade and settlement dates of specific securities transactions or changes in
foreign currency exchange rates that would adversely affect a portfolio position
or an anticipated  investment position.  Since consideration of the prospect for
currency parities will be incorporated into Bankers Trust's long term investment
decisions,  the Portfolio will not routinely enter into foreign currency hedging
transactions  with  respect to security  transactions;  however,  Bankers  Trust
believes  that it is  important  to have the  flexibility  to enter into foreign
currency hedging  transactions when it determines that the transactions would be
in the Portfolio's best interest.  Although these  transactions tend to minimize
the risk of loss due to a decline  in the value of the hedged  currency,  at the
same time they tend to limit any  potential  gain that might be realized  should
the value of the hedged currency  increase.  The precise matching of the forward
contract amounts and the value of the securities  involved will not generally be
possible because the future value of such securities in foreign  currencies will
change as a  consequence  of market  movements  in the value of such  securities
between the date the forward  contract is entered  into and the date it matures.
The  projection of currency  market  movements is extremely  difficult,  and the
successful execution of a hedging strategy is highly uncertain.

   OPTIONS ON FOREIGN  CURRENCIES.  The Portfolio may write covered put and call
options and purchase put and call options on foreign  currencies for the purpose
of protecting  against declines in the dollar value of portfolio  securities and
against increases in the dollar cost of securities to be acquired. The Portfolio
may use options on currency to cross hedge, which involves writing or purchasing
options  on one  currency  to hedge  against  changes  in  exchange  rates for a
different,  but related currency.  As with other types of options,  however, the
writing of an option on foreign currency will constitute only a partial hedge up
to the amount of the premium  received,  and the Portfolio  could be required to
purchase or sell foreign currencies at disadvantageous  exchange rates,  thereby
incurring  losses.  The purchase of an option on foreign currency may be used to
hedge against fluctuations in exchange rates although,  in the event of exchange
rate movements  adverse to the Portfolio's  position,  it may forfeit the entire
amount of the premium plus related transaction costs. In addition, the Portfolio
may purchase  call  options on currency  when the Adviser  anticipates  that the
currency will appreciate in value.

   There is no assurance that a liquid  secondary  market on an options exchange
will  exist  for  any  particular  option,  or at any  particular  time.  If the
Portfolio  is unable to effect a closing  purchase  transaction  with respect to
covered  options  it has  written,  the  Portfolio  will not be able to sell the
underlying  currency or dispose of assets held in a segregated account until the
options expire or are exercised. Similarly, if the Portfolio is unable to effect
a closing sale  transaction  with respect to options it has purchased,  it would
have to  exercise  the  options  in order to  realize  any profit and will incur
transaction  costs  upon  the  purchase  or sale  of  underlying  currency.  The
Portfolio pays brokerage  commissions or spreads in connection  with its options
transactions.

   As in the case of forward  contracts,  certain options on foreign  currencies
are traded over the counter and involve liquidity and credit risks which may not
be present in the case of exchange  traded  currency  options.  The  Portfolio's
ability to terminate  over-the-counter ("OTC") options will be more limited than
with  exchange  traded  options.   It  is  also  possible  that  broker  dealers
participating in OTC options  transactions  will not fulfill their  obligations.
Until such time as the staff of the SEC changes its position, the Portfolio will
treat  purchased  OTC options  and assets  used to cover  written OTC options as
illiquid  securities.  With respect to options  written with primary  dealers in
U.S. Government securities pursuant to an agreement requiring a closing purchase
transaction  at a formula  price,  the  amount  of  illiquid  securities  may be
calculated with reference to the repurchase formula.

   REPURCHASE  AGREEMENTS.  In a  repurchase  agreement,  the  Portfolio  buys a
security at one price and simultaneously agrees to sell it back to the seller on
a specific  date and at a higher  price  reflecting  a market  rate of  interest
unrelated to the coupon rate or maturity of the underlying  security.  Delays or
losses  could  result if the other  party to the  agreement  defaults or becomes
insolvent.

   REVERSE  REPURCHASE  AGREEMENTS  AND DOLLAR  ROLLS.  In a reverse  repurchase
agreement,  the  Portfolio  temporarily  transfers  possession  of  a  portfolio
instrument to another party in return for cash.  This could increase the risk of
fluctuation  in the Fund's  yield or in the market  value of its interest in the
Portfolio.  In a dollar  roll,  the  Portfolio  sells  mortgage-backed  or other
securities  for delivery in the current  month and  simultaneously  contracts to
purchase  substantially  similar  securities on a specified future date. Reverse
repurchase  agreements  and  dollar  rolls  are forms of  borrowing  and will be
counted towards the Portfolio's borrowing restrictions. Wrapper Agreements would
cover the cash proceeds of such  transactions but not the portfolio  instruments
transferred to another party until possession of such instruments is returned to
the Portfolio.

   BORROWING.  The Portfolio will not borrow money  (including  through  reverse
repurchase  agreements or dollar roll transactions) for any purpose in excess of
5% of its total  assets,  except that it may borrow for  temporary  or emergency
purposes up to 1/3 of its total  assets.  Under the 1940 Act,  the  Portfolio is
required  to maintain  continuous  asset  coverage of 300% with  respect to such
borrowings  and to sell (within  three days)  sufficient  portfolio  holdings to
restore  such  coverage  if it  should  decline  to less than 300% due to market
fluctuations or otherwise,  even if such liquidation of the Portfolio's holdings
may be disadvantageous from an investment standpoint.

   Leveraging by means of borrowing may exaggerate the effect of any increase or
decrease  in the value of the  Portfolio's  securities  and the  Fund's  NAV per
Share, and money borrowed by the Portfolio will be subject to interest and other
costs (which may include commitment fees and/or the cost of maintaining  minimum
average  balances)  that may  exceed  the income  received  from the  securities
purchased with the borrowed  funds.  It is not the intention of Bankers Trust to
use leverage as a normal practice in the investment of the Portfolio's assets.

   There can be no assurance that the use of these portfolio  strategies will be
successful.

   ASSET COVERAGE.  To assure that the Portfolio's use of futures  contracts and
related options, as well as when-issued and delayed-delivery securities, are not
used to achieve investment leverage, the Portfolio will cover such transactions,
as required under  applicable  interpretations  of the SEC, either by owning the
underlying securities or by segregating or earmarking liquid securities with the
Portfolio's  custodian  (Bankers  Trust) in an  amount at all times  equal to or
exceeding  the  Portfolio's  commitment  with  respect to these  instruments  or
contracts.  The Portfolio  will also cover its use of Wrapper  Agreements to the
extent required to avoid the creation of a "senior  security" (as defined in the
1940 Act) in connection with its use of such agreements.

RATING SERVICES -- The ratings of rating services represent their opinions as to
the  quality  of the  securities  that  they  undertake  to rate.  It  should be
emphasized,  however,  that  ratings are  relative  and  subjective  and are not
absolute  standards of quality.  Although these ratings are an initial criterion
for  selection  of  portfolio  investments,  the  Adviser  also  makes  its  own
evaluation of these securities,  subject to review by the Portfolio Trust Board.
After  purchase by the  Portfolio,  an  obligation  may cease to be rated or its
rating may be reduced below the minimum  required for purchase by the Portfolio.
Neither event would require the Portfolio to eliminate the  obligation  from its
portfolio,  but the Adviser will consider such an event in its  determination of
whether the Portfolio  should continue to hold the obligation.  A description of
the  ratings  referred  to  herein  and in the  Prospectus  is set  forth in the
Appendix.

INVESTMENT   RESTRICTIONS   --  The  following   investment   restrictions   are
"fundamental  policies"  of the Fund and the  Portfolio  and may not be  changed
without the approval of a "majority of the outstanding voting securities" of the
Fund  or the  Portfolio,  as the  case  may  be.  The  phrase  "Majority  of the
outstanding  voting  securities" under the 1940 Act, and as used in this SAI and
the Prospectus,  means, with respect to the Fund (or the Portfolio),  the lesser
of (1) 67% or more of the outstanding  voting  securities of the Fund (or of the
total  beneficial  interests  of the  Portfolio)  present at a  meeting,  if the
holders of more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund (or of
the total  beneficial  interests of the Portfolio) are present or represented by
proxy or (2) more than 50% of the outstanding  voting securities of the Fund (or
of the  total  beneficial  interests  of the  Portfolio).  Whenever  the Fund is
requested to vote on a fundamental policy of the Portfolio, the Fund will hold a
meeting of its  shareholders  and will cast its vote as instructed by them. Fund
shareholders  who do not vote will not affect the Fund's votes at the  Portfolio
meeting.  The Fund's votes  representing  Fund  shareholders  not voting will be
voted by the  Directors of Security  Income Fund in the same  proportion  as the
Fund shareholders who do, in fact, vote.

   None of the fundamental and  non-fundamental  policies  described below shall
prevent  the Fund from  investing  all of its assets in an  open-end  investment
company with substantially the same investment  objective.  Because the Fund and
the Portfolio have the same fundamental policies and the Fund invests all of its
Assets in the Portfolio,  the following  discussion (though speaking only of the
Portfolio) applies to the Fund as well.

   FUNDAMENTAL  RESTRICTIONS.  As a matter of fundamental  policy, the Portfolio
may not:

1.  Borrow  money   (including   through  reverse   repurchase  or  dollar  roll
    transactions)  in excess of 5% of the  Portfolio's  total  assets  (taken at
    cost),  except that the  Portfolio  may borrow for  temporary  or  emergency
    purposes up to 1/3 of its net assets. The Portfolio may pledge,  mortgage or
    hypothecate  not more  than 1/3 of such  assets to  secure  such  borrowings
    provided that collateral  arrangements  with respect to options and futures,
    including  deposits of initial and variation  margin,  are not  considered a
    pledge of assets for purposes of this restriction and except that assets may
    be  pledged  to  secure   letters  of  credit  solely  for  the  purpose  of
    participating  in a captive  insurance  company  sponsored by the Investment
    Company Institute;

2.  Underwrite  securities  issued  by  other  persons  except  insofar  as  the
    Portfolio  may be deemed  an  underwriter  under  the 1933 Act in  selling a
    portfolio security;

3.  Make  loans  to  other  persons  except  (a)  through  the  lending  of  the
    Portfolio's portfolio securities and provided that any such loans not exceed
    30% of its total  assets  (taken at market  value);  (b)  through the use of
    repurchase agreements or the purchase of short-term  obligations;  or (c) by
    purchasing  a portion of an issue of debt  securities  of types  distributed
    publicly or privately;

4.  Purchase or sell real estate (including  limited  partnership  interests but
    excluding securities secured by real estate or interests therein), interests
    in oil, gas or mineral leases,  commodities or commodity  contracts  (except
    futures and option  contracts)  in the ordinary  course of business  (except
    that the  Portfolio  may hold  and  sell,  for its  portfolio,  real  estate
    acquired as a result of the Portfolio's ownership of securities);

5.  Concentrate  its  investments in any  particular  industry  (excluding  U.S.
    government securities),  but if it is deemed appropriate for the achievement
    of the Portfolio's  investment objective,  up to 25% of its total assets may
    be invested in any one industry;

6.  Issue any senior  security (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) if such
    issuance  is  specifically  prohibited  by the  1940  Act or the  rules  and
    regulations  promulgated  thereunder,  provided that collateral arrangements
    with respect to options and futures contracts, including deposits of initial
    and  variation  margin,  are not  considered  to be the issuance of a senior
    security for purposes of this restriction;

7.  Purchase, with respect to 75% of the Portfolio's total assets, securities of
    any issuer if such purchase at the time thereof would cause the Portfolio to
    hold more  than 10% of any class of  securities  of such  issuer,  for which
    purposes  all  indebtedness  of an issuer shall be deemed a single class and
    all preferred stock of an issuer shall be deemed a single class, except that
    options or futures contracts shall not be subject to this restriction; and

8.  Invest, with respect to 75% of the Portfolio's total assets, more than 5% of
    its total assets in the securities (excluding U.S. government securities) of
    any one issuer.

   NON-FUNDAMENTAL  RESTRICTIONS.  In order to comply with certain  statutes and
policies and for other reasons, the Portfolio will not, as a matter of operating
policy (these restrictions may be changed without shareholder approval):

  (i)  purchase any security or evidence of interest  therein on margin,  except
       that short-term credit necessary for the clearance of purchases and sales
       of  securities  may be obtained  and  deposits  of initial and  variation
       margin may be made in connection with the purchase, ownership, holding or
       sale of futures contracts;

 (ii)  sell securities it does not own (short sales). (This restriction does not
       preclude  short sales "against the box" (that is, sales of securities (a)
       the Portfolio  contemporaneously  owns or (b) where the Portfolio has the
       right to obtain securities  equivalent in kind and amount to those sold).
       The Portfolio has no current intention to engage in short selling);

(iii)  purchase securities issued by any investment company except to the extent
       permitted  by the  1940  Act  (including  any  exemptions  or  exclusions
       therefrom),  except  that this  limitation  does not apply to  securities
       received or acquired as dividends,  through  offers of exchange,  or as a
       result of reorganization, consolidation or merger; and

 (iv)  invest more than 15% of the  Portfolio's net assets (taken at the greater
       of cost or market value) in  securities  that are illiquid or not readily
       marketable  (excluding Rule 144A securities deemed by the Portfolio Board
       to be liquid).

   An investment restriction will not be considered violated if that restriction
is complied  with at the time the relevant  action is taken,  notwithstanding  a
later change in the market value of an investment,  in net or total assets or in
the change of securities rating of the investment or any other later change.

   The  Portfolio  will comply with the  permitted  investments  and  investment
limitations  in the securities  laws and  regulations of all states in which the
Fund, or any other registered investment company investing in the Portfolio,  is
registered.

PORTFOLIO  TRANSACTIONS AND BROKERAGE  COMMISSIONS -- The Adviser is responsible
for decisions to buy and sell securities,  futures contracts and options thereon
for the  Portfolio,  the  selection of brokers,  dealers and futures  commission
merchants to effect  transactions and the negotiation of brokerage  commissions,
if  any.   Broker-dealers   may  receive  brokerage   commissions  on  portfolio
transactions,  including  options,  futures  contracts  and  options  on futures
transactions  and the  purchase  and  sale of  underlying  securities  upon  the
exercise of options.  Orders may be  directed  to any  broker-dealer  or futures
commission  merchant,  including,  to the extent and in the manner  permitted by
applicable  law, the Adviser or its  subsidiaries  or affiliates.  Purchases and
sales of certain portfolio  securities on behalf of the Portfolio are frequently
placed by the Adviser with the issuer or a primary or secondary market-maker for
these securities on a net basis,  without any brokerage commission being paid by
the Portfolio.  Trading does, however,  involve transaction costs.  Transactions
with dealers  serving as  market-makers  reflect the spread  between the bid and
asked prices.  Transaction costs may also include fees paid to third parties for
information as to potential  purchasers or sellers of  securities.  Purchases of
underwritten  issues may be made that will include an  underwriting  fee paid to
the underwriter.

   The Adviser  seeks to evaluate the overall  reasonableness  of the  brokerage
commissions  paid (to the extent  applicable) in placing orders for the purchase
and sale of  securities  for the  Portfolio  taking into account such factors as
price,  commission  (negotiable  in the  case of  national  securities  exchange
transactions), if any, size of order, difficulty of execution and skill required
of the executing  broker-dealer  through familiarity with commissions charged on
comparable  transactions,  as  well  as by  comparing  commissions  paid  by the
Portfolio  to reported  commissions  paid by others.  The  Adviser  reviews on a
routine basis commission  rates,  execution and settlement  services  performed,
making internal and external comparisons.

   For the period  December 23, 1998 through  September 30, 1999,  the Portfolio
paid brokerage commissions in the amount of $180.

   The Adviser is  authorized,  consistent  with Section 28(e) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,  when placing  portfolio  transactions for the
Portfolio with a broker to pay a brokerage commission (to the extent applicable)
in excess of that which another broker might have charged for effecting the same
transaction  on  account  of the  receipt  of  research,  market or  statistical
information. The term "research, market or statistical information" includes (a)
advice as to (i) the value of securities, (ii) the advisability of investing in,
purchasing or selling  securities,  and (iii) the  availability of securities or
purchasers  or sellers of  securities  and (b)  furnishing  analyses and reports
concerning  issuers,  industries,   securities,  economic  factors  and  trends,
portfolio  strategy and the performance of accounts.  Higher  commissions may be
paid to firms that provide research services to the extent permitted by law. The
Adviser may use this research information in managing the Portfolio's assets, as
well as the assets of other clients.

   Consistent  with the policy stated  above,  the Conduct Rules of the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and such other policies as the Portfolio
Trust Board may determine,  the Adviser may consider sales of shares of the Fund
and of other  investment  company  clients  of the  Adviser  as a factor  in the
selection of broker-dealers to execute portfolio transactions.  The Adviser will
make  such  allocations  if  commissions  are  comparable  to those  charged  by
nonaffiliated, qualified broker-dealers for similar services.

   Except for implementing  the policies stated above,  there is no intention to
place  portfolio  transactions  with  particular  brokers  or  dealers or groups
thereof. In effecting  transactions in over-the-counter  securities,  orders are
placed with the principal  market-makers  for the security  being traded unless,
after  exercising  care,  it appears that more  favorable  results are available
otherwise.

   Although certain research, market or statistical information from brokers and
dealers can be useful to the Portfolio and to the Adviser,  it is the opinion of
the Portfolio's  management that such  information is only  supplementary to the
Adviser's own research  effort,  since the  information  must still be analyzed,
weighed and reviewed by the Adviser's  staff.  Such information may be useful to
the Adviser in providing  services to clients other than the Portfolio,  and not
all such  information  is used by the Adviser in connection  with the Portfolio.
Conversely,  such  information  provided  to the  Adviser by brokers and dealers
through whom other clients of the Adviser effect securities  transactions may be
useful to the Adviser in providing services to the Portfolio.

   In  certain  instances  there may be  securities  that are  suitable  for the
Portfolio, as well as for one or more of the Adviser's other clients. Investment
decisions for the Portfolio and for the Adviser's  other clients are made with a
view to achieving their respective investment objectives.  It may develop that a
particular  security  is bought or sold for only one client even though it might
be held by, or  bought  or sold  for,  other  clients.  Likewise,  a  particular
security  may be bought for one or more  clients  when one or more  clients  are
selling that same security.  Some simultaneous  transactions are inevitable when
several clients  receive  investment  advice from the same  investment  adviser,
particularly when the same security is suitable for the investment objectives of
more than one client. When two or more clients are simultaneously engaged in the
purchase or sale of the same  security,  the  securities  are allocated  between
(among)  clients in a manner  believed to be equitable to each. It is recognized
that in some cases this system could have a  detrimental  effect on the price or
volume of the security as far as the  Portfolio  is  concerned.  However,  it is
believed that the ability of the Portfolio to participate in volume transactions
will produce better executions for the Portfolio.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

STANDARD PERFORMANCE  INFORMATION -- From time to time, quotations of the Fund's
performance may be included in  advertisements,  sales literature or shareholder
reports. These performance figures are calculated in the following manner:

   YIELD.  Yield refers to the income  generated by an  investment  over a given
period of time,  expressed as an annual  percentage rate.  Yields are calculated
according to a standard  that is required  for all stock and bond mutual  funds.
Because  this differs from other  accounting  methods,  the quoted yield may not
equal the income actually paid to shareholders.

   Per SEC  regulations,  the  yield  of the Fund  (the  "SEC  yield")  shall be
calculated on any determination date as follows:

                          2[((a - b)(c * d) + 1)^6 - 1]

where a = current income measured over a 30-day period.

      b = Expenses accrued during the same 30-day period.

      c = Average  daily  number of shares  outstanding  during the same  30-day
          period.

      d = Maximum offering price per share on the last day of the period.

   The "annual  effective  yield" of the fund is intended to represent one day's
investment income expressed as an annualized yield and compounded  annually.  It
shall be  expressed  as a  percentage  and  calculated  on each  business day as
follows based on the dividend declared for the previous day.

                 [(1 + previous day's dividend factor)^365 - 1]
                 ----------------------------------------------
                                  NAV per share

   Example:  If on March 1, the Fund's  dividend  factor is  0.00174163  and the
Fund's NAV per share is $10, then the Fund's annual  effective yield for March 2
equals 6.56%.

   The annual  effective yield of the Portfolio is used in determining  when the
interest rate trigger is active.

   Performance  information  or  advertisements  may include  comparisons of the
Fund's  investment  results  to  various  unmanaged  indices or results of other
mutual funds or investment or savings  vehicles.  From time to time,  the Fund's
ranking may be quoted from various sources,  such as Lipper Analytical Services,
Inc., Value Line, Inc. and Morningstar, Inc.

   Unlike some bank deposits or other  investments  that pay a fixed yield for a
stated period of time,  the total return of the Shares will vary  depending upon
interest rates, the current market value of the securities held by the Portfolio
and the Wrapper  Agreements  and  changes in the  expenses of the Shares and the
Portfolio.  In addition,  during  certain  periods for which total return may be
provided,  the Fund's  administrator,  Security Management Company, LLC may have
voluntarily  agreed to waive  portions  of its  fees,  or to  reimburse  certain
operating  expenses of the Fund , on a month-to-month  basis.  Bankers Trust may
have agreed to do the same thing with  respect to the  Portfolio.  Such  waivers
will have the effect of  increasing  the Fund's net income  (and  therefore  its
yield and total return) during the period such waivers are in effect.

   TOTAL  RETURN.  Total return is the change in value of an  investment  in the
shares over a given period,  assuming  reinvestment of any dividends and capital
gain distributions. A cumulative total return reflects actual performance over a
stated period of time. An average annual total return is a hypothetical  rate of
return that, if achieved annually, would have produced the same cumulative total
return if performance  had been constant over the entire period.  Average annual
total return calculations smooth out variations in performance; they are not the
same as actual  year-by-year  results.  Average  annual total  returns  covering
periods of less than one year assume that  performance  will remain constant for
the rest of the year.

   The Fund's average  annual total return is calculated for certain  periods by
determining  the average  annual  compounded  rates of return over those periods
that would cause an  investment of $1,000 (made at the maximum  public  offering
price with all  distributions  reinvested) to reach the value of that investment
at the end of the periods. The Fund may also calculate total return figures that
represent aggregate performance over a period or year-by-year performance.

   PERFORMANCE RESULTS. Any performance information provided for the Fund should
not be considered as  representative  of its performance in the future,  because
the NAV and  public  offering  price of Shares  will vary  based not only on the
type, quality and maturities of the securities held by the Portfolio but also on
changes in the current value of such  securities  and on changes in the expenses
of the Fund and the  Portfolio.  Total return  reflects the  performance of both
principal and income.

   Unless noted  otherwise,  the Fund's  total  return and average  annual total
return will reflect  deduction of the maximum  initial sales load in the case of
Class A shares or the  applicable  deferred  sales charge in the case of Class B
and  Class C  shares.  From  time to  time  the  Fund  may  include  performance
information in  advertisements  and sales  literature  without  deduction of the
sales charge, which, if deducted, would reduce the performance data quoted.

COMPARISON OF FUND  PERFORMANCE  --  Comparison  of the quoted  non-standardized
performance of various investments is valid only if performance is calculated in
the same manner.  Since there are different methods of calculating  performance,
investors   should  consider  the  effect  of  the  methods  used  to  calculate
performance when comparing  performance of the Fund with performance quoted with
respect to other investment companies or types of investments.

   In connection  with  communicating  its performance to current or prospective
shareholders,  the Fund also may compare  these  figures to the  performance  of
other  mutual  funds  tracked by mutual  fund rating  services  or to  unmanaged
indices that may assume  reinvestment  of dividends but generally do not reflect
deductions for  administrative  and management costs.  Evaluations of the Fund's
performance  made by  independent  sources  may  also be used in  advertisements
concerning  the Fund.  Sources  for the  Fund's  performance  information  could
include the  following:  ASIAN WALL STREET  JOURNAL,  BARRON'S,  BUSINESS  WEEK,
CHANGING  TIMES,  THE KIPLINGER  MAGAZINE,  CONSUMER  DIGEST,  FINANCIAL  TIMES,
FINANCIAL WORLD,  FORBES,  FORTUNE,  GLOBAL INVESTOR,  INVESTOR'S DAILY,  LIPPER
ANALYTICAL SERVICES, INC.'S MUTUAL FUND PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS, MONEY, MORNINGSTAR
INC., NEW YORK TIMES, PERSONAL INVESTING NEWS, PERSONAL INVESTOR,  SUCCESS, U.S.
NEWS AND WORLD REPORT, VALUELINE,  WALL STREET JOURNAL,  WEISENBERGER INVESTMENT
COMPANIES SERVICES, WORKING WOMEN and WORTH.

ECONOMIC AND MARKET  INFORMATION -- Advertising and sales literature of the Fund
may include  discussions of economic,  financial and political  developments and
their effect on the securities  market.  Such  discussions  may take the form of
commentary on these  developments by Fund portfolio managers and their views and
analysis  on  how  such  developments   could  affect  the  Fund.  In  addition,
advertising  and  sales   literature  may  quote  statistics  and  give  general
information  about  the  mutual  fund  industry,  including  the  growth  of the
industry,  from sources such as the Investment  Company Institute  ("ICI").  For
example,  according to the ICI,  thirty-seven percent of American households are
pursuing their financial goals through mutual funds. These investors, as well as
businesses and institutions,  have entrusted over $3.5 trillion to the more than
6,000 funds available.

VALUATION OF ASSETS; REDEMPTIONS IN KIND

Debt securities  (other than short-term debt obligations  maturing in 60 days or
less), including listed securities and securities for which price quotations are
available,  will normally be valued on the basis of market valuations  furnished
by a pricing service. Such market valuations may represent the last quoted price
on the  securities'  major trading  exchange or quotes  received from dealers or
market makers in the relevant securities or may be determined through the use of
matrix  pricing.  In matrix  pricing,  pricing  services may use various pricing
models,  involving  comparable  securities,  historic  relative price movements,
economic  factors  and  dealer  quotations.   Over-the-counter  securities  will
normally  be valued at the bid  price.  Short-term  debt  obligations  and money
market securities maturing in 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost.

   Securities for which market  quotations are not readily  available are valued
by Bankers Trust pursuant to procedures adopted by the Portfolio's Trust Board.

   The  NAV per  Share  is  calculated  once  on  each  Valuation  Day as of the
Valuation  Time,  which is currently  3:00 p.m.,  Central  time,  or if the NYSE
closes early,  at the time of such early closing.  The NAV per Share is computed
by dividing the value of the Fund's assets (I.E., the value of its investment in
the Portfolio  and other assets,  if any),  less all  liabilities,  by the total
number of its Shares  outstanding.  The Portfolio's  securities and other assets
are valued primarily on the basis of market quotations or, if quotations are not
readily  available,  by  a  method  that  the  Portfolio  Trust  Board  believes
accurately reflects fair value.

   Pursuant to  procedures  adopted by the  Portfolio  Trust Board,  the Wrapper
Value  generally will be equal to the difference  between the Book Value and the
market  value  (plus  accrued  interest  on the  underlying  securities)  of the
applicable  Covered  Assets.  If the market value (plus accrued  interest on the
underlying  securities)  of the Covered Assets is greater than their Book Value,
the Wrapper  Value will be  reflected  as a liability  of the  Portfolio  in the
amount of the  difference,  I.E., a negative  value,  reflecting  the  potential
liability of the  Portfolio to the Wrapper  Provider.  If the market value (plus
accrued  interest on the  underlying  securities)  of the Covered Assets is less
than their Book Value,  the Wrapper  Value will be  reflected as an asset of the
Portfolio in the amount of the difference,  I.E., a positive  value,  reflecting
the potential liability of the Wrapper Provider to the Portfolio.  In performing
its fair value determination,  the Portfolio Trust Board expects to consider the
creditworthiness  and ability of a Wrapper Provider to pay amounts due under the
Wrapper  Agreement.  If the  Portfolio  Trust  Board  determine  that a  Wrapper
Provider is unable to make such payments,  that Board may assign a fair value to
the Wrapper  Agreement that is less than the  difference  between the Book Value
and the market value (plus accrued interest on the underlying securities) of the
applicable  Covered  Assets and the  Portfolio  might be unable to maintain  NAV
stability.

   The  problems  inherent  in making a good  faith  determination  of value are
recognized in the codification effected by SEC Financial Reporting Release No. 1
(formerly  Accounting  Series Release No. 113) ("FRR 1"),  which  concludes that
there  is "no  automatic  formula"  for  calculating  the  value  of  restricted
securities.  It  recommends  that the best  method  simply  is to  consider  all
relevant factors before making any calculation. According to FRR 1, such factors
would include consideration of the--

   type of security involved, financial statements, cost at date of purchase,
   size of holding,  discount from market value of unrestricted securities of
   the same  class at the  time of  purchase,  special  reports  prepared  by
   analysts, information as to any transactions or offers with respect to the
   security,  existence of merger  proposals or tender  offers  affecting the
   security,  price and extent of public trading in similar securities of the
   issuer or comparable companies, and other relevant matters.

   The  Adviser  will  value  securities  purchased  by the  Portfolio  that are
restricted as to resale or for which current  market  quotations are not readily
available,  including  Wrapper  Agreements,  based upon all relevant  factors as
outlined in FRR 1.

   The Fund and the Portfolio each reserves the right, if conditions  exist that
make cash payments  undesirable,  or for other reasons, to honor any request for
redemption or  withdrawal,  respectively,  by making payment wholly or partly in
Portfolio  Securities,  as the same may be  chosen  by the  Adviser  in its sole
discretion (a "redemption in kind").  Such securities  shall not include Wrapper
Agreements, and shall be valued as they are for purposes of computing the Fund's
or the  Portfolio's  NAV,  as the  case  may be.  If  payment  is made to a Fund
shareholder in securities,  the  shareholder may incur  transaction  expenses in
converting those securities into cash.

   The  Portfolio  has agreed to make a redemption  in kind to the Fund whenever
the Fund  wishes to make a  redemption  in kind to a  shareholder  thereof,  and
therefore  Fund  shareholders  that  receive  redemptions  in kind will  receive
Portfolio  Securities  of the  Portfolio  and in no case  will  they  receive  a
security issued by the Portfolio. The Portfolio has advised Security Income Fund
that the Portfolio will not redeem in kind except in  circumstances in which the
Fund is permitted to redeem in kind or unless requested by the Fund.

   Each investor in the Portfolio,  including the Fund, may add to or reduce its
investment in the Portfolio on each  business day the Portfolio  determines  its
NAV.  At the close of business  on each such day,  the value of each  investor's
beneficial  interest in the Portfolio will be determined by multiplying  the NAV
of the Portfolio by the percentage  effective for that day that  represents that
investor's  share of the aggregate  beneficial  interests in the Portfolio.  Any
additions or withdrawals  that are to be effected as of the close of business on
that day will then be  effected.  The  investor's  percentage  of the  aggregate
beneficial  interests in the Portfolio will then be recomputed as the percentage
equal to a fraction (a) the  numerator  of which is the value of the  investor's
investment  in the  Portfolio  as of the close of  business  on that day plus or
minus,  as the case may be, the amount of net additions to or  withdrawals  from
the investor's  investment in the Portfolio effected as of the close of business
on that  day,  and (b) the  denominator  of  which is the  aggregate  NAV of the
Portfolio as of the close of business on that day plus or minus, as the case may
be, the amount of net additions to or withdrawals from the aggregate investments
in the Portfolio by all investors  therein.  The  percentage so determined  will
then be  applied  to  determine  the  value of the  investor's  interest  in the
Portfolio as the close of business on the following business day.

   The Fund and the  Portfolio  each  reserves  the right to  redeem  all of its
shares,  if their respective  Boards vote to liquidate the Fund and/or Portfolio
as applicable.

OVERVIEW OF TSA  ACCOUNTS  -- In  general,  Section  403(b)(7)  of the  Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code")  permits  public school  employees
and  employees  of  certain  types of  charitable,  educational  and  scientific
organizations specified in Section 501(c)(3) of the Code to purchase shares of a
mutual fund through a custodial account, and, subject to certain limitations, to
exclude  the amount of purchase  payments  from gross  income for tax  purposes.
Shares of the Fund may be purchased in connection with a TSA custodial  account.
TSA  Accounts  may  provide  significant  tax  savings to  individuals,  but are
governed  by a  complex  set of tax  rules  under  the Code and the  regulations
promulgated by the Department of the Treasury thereunder.


   If you already have a Security Funds TSA custodial  account,  you may be able
to  invest  in the  Fund.  If you do not  presently  have a  Security  Funds TSA
custodial account and you meet the requirements of the applicable tax rules, you
may be able to create a Security Funds TSA custodial account (or a TSA custodial
account from  another  provider  that makes shares of the Fund  available to its
customers) and invest in shares of the Fund through that TSA. Class A shares may
not be available to TSA custodial  accounts opened on or after June 5, 2000. The
minimum  initial or  subsequent  investment  in a Security  Funds TSA  custodial
account  is $50.  An  annual  administration  fee of $25 is  required  for  each
Security  Funds TSA custodial  account with a balance less than $25,000 and a $5
withdrawal fee will be charged when any Security Funds TSA custodial  account is
closed.

   You may request loans from your Security Funds TSA custodial account, subject
to limitations on the number and amount of loans. An administration  fee of $125
will be charged at the time of application for a loan and a $50 loan maintenance
fee will be deducted each year from the account balance. Loan repayments will be
treated as purchases  for the purpose of  determining  any  applicable  deferred
sales  charge.  See "How to Purchase  Shares,"  page 26, for a discussion of the
application of deferred  sales charges to Class B and Class C shares.  Loans may
not be available from certain accounts,  including those opened prior to June 5,
2000.  Please  contact  Security   Management   Company,   LLC  concerning  loan
availability.


   Included in Appendix B is a general discussion of some TSA features. HOWEVER,
TSA  OWNERS  AND  OTHER   PROSPECTIVE   INVESTORS   SHOULD  CONSULT  WITH  THEIR
PROFESSIONAL TAX AND FINANCIAL  ADVISERS BEFORE  ESTABLISHING A TSA OR OTHERWISE
INVESTING IN SHARES.

OVERVIEW OF THE TYPES OF INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS

In general,  an IRA is a trust or custodial  account  established  in the United
States   for  the   exclusive   benefit   of  an   individual   or  his  or  her
beneficiaries.(Keogh  plans are established by self-employed persons,  including
partnerships,  and also  cover  eligible  non-owner  employees.)  Most  IRAs are
designed principally as retirement savings vehicles. Education IRAs are designed
to provide a  tax-favored  means of saving for a child's  educational  expenses.
IRAs may provide  significant tax savings to individuals,  but are governed by a
complex set of tax rules set out under the  Internal  Revenue  Code of 1986,  as
amended (the  "Code"),and the  regulations  promulgated by the Department of the
Treasury thereunder.  If you already have an IRA, your IRA may be able to invest
in the Fund. If you do not presently  have an IRA and you meet the  requirements
of the  applicable  tax  rules,  you may be able to create an IRA and  invest in
Shares of the Fund through that IRA.  Included below is a general  discussion of
some IRA features.  However,  IRA Owners and other prospective  investors should
consult with their professional tax and financial  advisers before  establishing
an IRA or investing in Shares.

TYPES OF INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS--

   TRADITIONAL  IRAS.  If you are  under  age 70 1/2,  and you (or if you file a
joint  return,  your  spouse)  have  taxable  compensation,  you  may  set  up a
Traditional IRA and make annual IRA  contributions  of up to $2,000,  or 100% of
your taxable  compensation,  whichever is less.  Taxable income  includes wages,
salaries,  and other amounts  reported in box 1 of Form W-2, as well as earnings
from  self-employment.  If you file a joint return and your taxable compensation
is less  than  that of your  spouse,  you may  make  annual  contributions  to a
Traditional  IRA equal to the lesser of $2,000,  or the sum of (i) your  taxable
compensation  and (ii) the taxable  compensation of your spouse,  reduced by the
amount  of his or her IRA  deduction  for the  year.  Amounts  contributed  to a
Traditional  IRA  generally  are  deductible  for federal  income tax  purposes.
However,  if you were covered by an employer retirement plan, the amount of your
contribution  to a  Traditional  IRA  that you may  deduct  will be  reduced  or
eliminated  if your  modified  adjusted  gross income  exceeds  certain  amounts
(currently  $50,000 for a married couple filing a joint return and $30,000 for a
single taxpayer).  If your spouse is covered by an employer  retirement plan but
you are not, you may be able to deduct your  contributions to a Traditional IRA;
however,  the deduction  will be reduced or  eliminated  if your adjusted  gross
income  on a joint  return  exceeds  $150,000.  Even if your  ability  to deduct
contributions to a Traditional IRA is limited,  you may still make contributions
up to the limits described  above. In general,  you may also make a contribution
to a Traditional  IRA by "rolling over" all or a portion of a  distribution  you
receive from a qualified  retirement  plan (such as a pension or  profit-sharing
plan or a 401(k) plan) or another  Traditional IRA.  Amounts  distributed from a
Traditional IRA and eligible rollover  distributions  from qualified  retirement
plans will not be includible in income if they are  contributed to a Traditional
IRA in a rollover transaction which meets certain conditions; however, a federal
withholding tax may be imposed on such distributions.  Consult your professional
tax adviser for complete details on Traditional IRAs.

   ROTH IRAS.  Regardless  of your age, you may be able to establish a Roth IRA.
Contributions  to Roth IRAs are not  deductible for federal income tax purposes.
However, if all of the applicable  requirements are met, earnings in the account
accumulate tax free, and all withdrawals are also tax free.  Generally,  you may
contribute  up to  $2,000  annually  to a Roth IRA;  however,  your  ability  to
contribute to a Roth IRA will be reduced or  eliminated  if your adjusted  gross
income exceeds certain amounts (currently $150,000 for a married couple filing a
joint  return  and$95,000  for a  single  taxpayer).  In  addition,  if you make
contributions to both a Traditional IRA and a Roth IRA, your contribution  limit
for the Roth IRA will be reduced by the amount of the  contribution  you make to
the  Traditional  IRA. If certain  requirements  are met, and (i) your  modified
adjusted gross income is not more than $100,00, and (ii) you are not married and
filing a separate tax return,  you can roll over amounts from a Traditional  IRA
to a Roth IRA. The amount rolled over generally will be included in your taxable
income;  however,  if you roll over from a Traditional  IRA to a Roth IRA before
1999, you may elect to have the taxable  amount  included in your income ratably
over a four-year  period.  You may also roll over  amounts  from one Roth IRA to
another Roth IRA. Consult your  professional tax adviser for complete details on
Roth IRAs.  SEP-IRAs are IRAs that are created in  connection  with a simplified
employee   pension  ("SEP")   established  and  maintained  by  a  self-employed
individual,  a partnership or a  corporation.  SEP-IRAs must be created for each
qualifying  employee of the  employer  that  establishes  a SEP.  In general,  a
qualifying  employee is an employee who has: (i) reached the age of 21; and (ii)
worked for the employer at least three out of the past five years.  Each SEP-IRA
is owned by the employee for whom it is created;  assets of a SEP are not pooled
together. SEPs must provide for discretionary employer  contributions.  In other
words,  employers are not required to make  contributions to SEP-IRAs each year,
but if they do make  contributions for any year, the contributions must be based
on a specific allocation formula set forth in the SEP, and must not discriminate
in favor of highly  compensated  employees.  Contributions to SEP-IRAs generally
are deductible by the employer, subject to certain limitations. Contributions to
SEP-IRAs  of  self-employed   individuals  are  subject  to  certain  additional
limitations.  SEP-IRAs  generally  are  subject  to the  same  distribution  and
rollover rules that apply to Traditional IRAs.

   SIMPLE IRAS. In general,  a SIMPLE plan may be  established  by any employer,
including a sole proprietorship,  partnership or corporation,  with 100 or fewer
employees,  and must be the only  retirement  plan  maintained  by the employer.
Under a SIMPLE plan using SIMPLE IRAs, a SIMPLE IRA is created for each eligible
employee which, in general,  includes all employees who received at least $5,000
in compensation during any two years preceding the year for which eligibility is
being determined (i.e., the current year) and is reasonably  expected to earn at
least  $5,000  during  the  current  year.  As with  SEP-IRAs,  SIMPLE  IRAs are
individual  accounts owned by each eligible  employee.  Under a SIMPLE IRA plan,
eligible  employees  can elect to  contribute a portion of their salary to their
SIMPLE IRA.  (These  contributions  are  referred to as  "elective  deferrals.")
Elective   deferrals  are  based  on  a  stated  percentage  of  the  employee's
compensation,  and are  limited  to $6,000  per year  (indexed  for  inflation).
Elective  deferrals  are  included in  employees'  gross  income only for Social
Security and Medicare  tax  purposes  (i.e.,  they are not included in wages for
federal  income tax  purposes).In  addition to elective  deferrals by employees,
under a SIMPLE IRA plan, employers must make either: (i) matching  contributions
equal  to  each  employee'  selective  deferral,  up to a  maximum  of 3% of the
employee's compensation, or (ii) nonelective contributions of 2% of compensation
for each eligible employee(subject to certain limits). Employer contributions to
SIMPLE IRAs are excluded from employees'  gross income and are deductible by the
employer.  SIMPLE  IRAs  generally  are  subject  to the same  distribution  and
rollover rules that apply to Traditional IRAs. However, a rollover from a SIMPLE
IRA to a  Traditional  IRA can be made tax free  only  after  the  employee  has
participated in the SIMPLE IRA plan for at least two years.

   KEOGH PLANS.  Keogh plans are qualified  retirement plans established by sole
proprietors  or  partnerships.  As with other  qualified  retirement  plans,  in
general,   contributions  to  Keogh  plans  are  deductible,  and  neither  such
contributions nor the investment  earnings thereon are subject to tax until they
are distributed by the plan. A number of different types of plans may qualify as
Keogh  plans.  In certain  circumstances,  Keogh plans may  provide  greater tax
advantages  than other  types of  retirement  plans.  However,  Keogh plans must
satisfy a number of complex rules, including minimum participation requirements,
under which certain  employees  must be covered by the plan,  and in some cases,
minimum funding requirements.  Professional  assistance generally is required to
establish and maintain a Keogh plan.

   EDUCATION IRAS. An education IRA is a trust or custodial  account created for
the purpose of paying the qualified  higher  education  expenses of a designated
beneficiary, i.e., a child under the age of 18 at the time of the contributions.
In general,  qualified higher  education  expenses include expenses for tuition,
fees, books,  supplies and equipment required for the designated  beneficiary of
the Education IRA to attend an eligible educational institution,  which includes
essentially  all  accredited  post-secondary   educational   institutions.   Any
individual  may make  contributions  to an  education  IRA so long as his or her
modified  adjusted  gross  income is less than  $110,000  ($160,000  for married
taxpayers filing  jointly).The  maximum total  contributions that may be made to
education IRAs for each child is $500 per year. Generally, amounts may be rolled
over from an Education  IRA to another  education IRA  established  for the same
beneficiary or for certain members of the  beneficiary's  family.  Beneficiaries
may  make tax free  withdrawals  from  education  IRAs to pay  qualified  higher
education expenses.  Other withdrawals generally will be subject to tax. Consult
your professional tax adviser for complete details on Education IRAs.

OWNERSHIP OF SHARES THROUGH PLANS

Fund Shares owned by Plan Participants through Plans are held either directly by
the respective  Plan, or beneficially  through  vehicles such as bank collective
funds or insurance  company separate  accounts  consisting  solely of such Plans
(collectively, "Plan Pools"), which will in turn offer the Fund as an investment
option  to  their  participants.  Investments  in the  Fund  may  by  themselves
represent  an  investment  option  for a  Plan  or may be  combined  with  other
investments  as part of a pooled  investment  option for the Plan. In the latter
case, the Fund may require Plans to provide information regarding the withdrawal
order and other  characteristics  of any pooled  investment  option in which the
Shares  are  included  prior  to  a  Plan's  initial  investment  in  the  Fund.
Thereafter,  the Fund will require the Plan to provide information regarding any
changes  to the  withdrawal  order  and  other  characteristics  of  the  pooled
investment  option  before such  changes are  implemented.  The Fund in its sole
discretion may decline to sell Shares to Plans if the governing withdrawal order
or other characteristics of any pooled investment option in which the Shares are
included  is  determined  at any time to be  disadvantageous  to the Fund.  Plan
Participants  should contact their Plan  administrator or the organization  that
provides recordkeeping services if they have questions concerning their account.
Plan  administrators and fiduciaries should call  1-800-888-2461 for information
regarding a Plan's account with the Fund.

QUALIFIED REDEMPTIONS

At any time, a redemption of Fund Shares can be effected  without  assessment of
the  Redemption  Fee as described in the  Prospectus,  if such  redemption  is a
"Qualified  Plan  Redemption," a "Qualified TSA  Redemption" or a "Qualified IRA
Redemption."  "Qualified Plan Redemptions" are redemptions resulting from a Plan
Participant's death,  disability,  retirement or termination of employment or to
make loans to, or "in service" withdrawals by, a Plan Participant.

   A  "Qualified  TSA  Redemption"  is a  redemption  made by an  owner of a TSA
account to effect a distribution  from his or her account that is not subject to
the 10% penalty tax imposed by section  72(t),  other than a rollover from a TSA
account to an IRA or other TSA account and, direct trustee-to-trustee transfers,
unless the owner continues the investment of the transferred amount in the Fund.
In  general,  section  72(t)  of  the  Code  imposes  a 10%  penalty  tax on any
distribution  received by a taxpayer who owns a TSA account prior to the date on
which  the  taxpayer  reaches  age 59 1/2,  unless  the  distribution  meets the
requirements of a specific  exception to the penalty tax. In general,  rollovers
from a TSA  account  to an IRA,  from one TSA  account  to  another  and  direct
trustee-to-trustee transfers from one TSA account to another TSA account are not
subject to tax. TSA account  owners  requesting a redemption of Fund Shares will
be required  to provide a written  statement  as to whether the  proceeds of the
redemption  will be  subject  to a penalty  tax and,  if not,  to  identify  the
specific  exception  upon  which  the owner  intends  to rely.  The  information
provided by the owner will be reflected  on the Form 1099-R  issued to the owner
and filed with the Internal Revenue Service in connection with the redemption as
well as forming the basis for redemption as a Qualified TSA Redemption. The Fund
may require  additional  evidence,  such as the  opinion of a  certified  public
accountant or tax attorney,  that any particular  redemption will not be subject
to any penalty  tax.  TSA  ACCOUNT  OWNERS  SHOULD  CONSULT  THEIR TAX  ADVISERS
REGARDING THE TAX CONSEQUENCES OF ANY REDEMPTION.

   Some of the  exceptions to the 10% penalty taxes are  described  below.  This
description  is  intended  to  provide  only a brief  summary  of the  principal
exceptions to the additional tax imposed on early  withdrawals under the current
provisions of the Code,  which may change from time to time. The Fund intends to
conform the definition of Qualified TSA Redemptions to changes in applicable tax
laws;  however,  the Fund reserves the right to continue to define Qualified TSA
Redemptions by reference to Code provisions now in effect or otherwise to define
such phrase independently of future Code provisions.

   In  general,  the early  withdrawal  penalty tax imposed by the Code will not
apply to the following types of distributions from a TSA account:

1.  Distributions  made on or  after  the date on which  the TSA  account  owner
    attains age 59 1/2;

2.  Distributions  made to a  beneficiary  (or to the estate of the TSA  account
    owner) on or after the death of the TSA account owner;

3.  Distributions attributable to the TSA account owner being disabled;

4.  Distributions  made to the TSA account owner after  separation  from service
    after age 55;

5.  Distributions  to an alternate  payee (e.g. a former  spouse)  pursuant to a
    qualified domestic relations order;

6.  Distributions  that are part of a series  of  substantially  equal  periodic
    payments made at least annually for the life (or life expectancy) of the TSA
    account owner, or the joint lives (or life  expectancies) of the TSA account
    owner and his or her  designated  beneficiary,  after the TSA account  owner
    separates from service;

7.  Distributions  made to a TSA  account  owner for  medical  care,  but not in
    excess of the amount  allowable  as a medical  expense  deduction by the TSA
    account owner on his or her tax return for the year;

8.  Distributions timely made to correct an excess contribution; and

9.  Distributions timely made to reduce an excess elective deferral.

   A "Qualified IRA Redemption" is a redemption made by an IRA Owner to effect a
distribution  from his or her IRA account that is not subject to the 10% penalty
tax imposed by section 72(t) or 530(d), as applicable, other than IRA rollovers,
direct trustee-to-trustee  transfers and conversions of Traditional IRAs to Roth
IRAs, unless the IRA Owner continues the investment of the transferred amount in
the Fund. In general, section 72(t) of the Code imposes a 10% penalty tax on any
distribution  received by a taxpayer from a Traditional  IRA,  SEP-IRA or SIMPLE
IRA prior to the date on which  the  taxpayer  reaches  age 59 1/2,  unless  the
distribution  meets the requirements of a specific exception to the penalty tax.
Similar  penalties  apply to early  withdrawals  from Roth IRAs and Keogh Plans.
Section  530(d) as  currently  written,  imposes a separate  10%  penalty tax on
distributions  from an education IRA not used to pay qualified  higher education
expenses.   In   general,   rollovers   from  one  IRA  to  another  and  direct
trustee-to-trustee  transfers  from an IRA to  another  IRA (or in some cases to
other types of qualified plans) are not subject to tax. In addition, conversions
of  Traditional  IRAs to Roth IRAs are subject to income tax but are not subject
to the early withdrawal  penalty tax. IRA Owners requesting a redemption of Fund
Shares  will be  required  to  provide a written  statement  as to  whether  the
proceeds  of the  redemption  will be subject to a penalty  tax and,  if not, to
identify the specific  exception  upon which the IRA Owner intends to rely.  The
information  provided  by the IRA Owner  will be  reflected  on the Form  1099-R
issued  to the IRA  Owner  and  filed  with  the  Internal  Revenue  Service  in
connection  with the redemption as well as forming the basis for redemption as a
Qualified IRA Redemption.  The Fund may require additional evidence, such as the
opinion of a certified  public  accountant or tax attorney,  that any particular
redemption  will not be subject to any penalty  tax. IRA OWNERS  SHOULD  CONSULT
THEIR TAX ADVISERS REGARDING THE TAX CONSEQUENCES OF ANY REDEMPTION.

   Some of the  exceptions to the 10% penalty taxes are  described  below.  This
description  is  intended  to  provide  only a brief  summary  of the  principal
exceptions to the additional tax imposed on early  withdrawals under the current
provisions of the Code,  which may change from time to time. The Fund intends to
conform the definition of Qualified IRA Redemptions to changes in applicable tax
laws;  however,  the Fund reserves the right to continue to define Qualified IRA
Redemptions by reference to Code provisions now in effect or otherwise to define
such phrase independently of future Code provisions.

TRADITIONAL  IRAS,  SEP-IRAS AND SIMPLE IRAS -- In general,  the 10% penalty tax
imposed by section  72(t) of the Code will not apply to the  following  types of
distributions from a Traditional IRA, SEP-IRA or SIMPLE IRA:

1.  Distributions  made on or after the date on which the IRA Owner  attains age
    59 1/2;

2.  Distributions  made to a beneficiary  (or to the estate of the IRA Owner) on
    or after the death of the IRA Owner;

3.  Distributions  attributable  to the IRA Owner's  being  disabled  within the
    meaning of section 72(m)(7) of the Code;

4.  Distributions  made to the IRA Owner to the extent such distributions do not
    exceed the amount of unreimbursed  medical  expenses  allowed as a deduction
    under section 213 of the Code;

5.  Distributions to unemployed  individuals to the extent such distributions do
    not exceed the amount paid for medical  insurance  as  described  in section
    213(d)(1)(D)  of the  Code  for the IRA  Owner,  and his or her  spouse  and
    dependents;

6.  Distributions to an IRA Owner to the extent such distributions do not exceed
    the qualified higher education expenses, as defined in section 72(t)(7), for
    the IRA Owner;

7.  Distributions  to an IRA Owner  that are used to acquire a first  home,  and
    that meet the definition of "qualified  first-time homebuyer  distributions"
    under section 72(t)(8) of the Code; and

8.  Distributions  that are part of a series  of  substantially  equal  periodic
    payments made at least annually for the life (or life expectancy) of the IRA
    Owner, or the joint lives (or life expectancies) of the IRA Owner and his or
    her designated beneficiary.

ROTH IRAS -- With  respect  to a Roth IRA,  all  "qualified  distributions"  are
excluded from gross income and,  therefore,  from the 10% penalty tax imposed by
section 72(t). In general, qualified distributions from a Roth IRA include:

1.  Distributions  made on or after the date on which the IRA Owner  attains age
    59 1/2;

2.  Distributions  made to a beneficiary  (or to the estate of the IRA Owner) on
    or after the death of the IRA Owner;

3.  Distributions  attributable  to the IRA Owner's  being  disabled  within the
    meaning of section 72(m)(7) of the Code; and

4.  Distributions  to an IRA Owner  that are used to acquire a first  home,  and
    that meet the definition of "qualified  first-time homebuyer  distributions"
    under section 72(t)(8) of the Code.

   However,  a  distribution  will not be a qualified  distribution,  even if it
otherwise meets the definition, if it is made within the 5-year period beginning
with the first taxable year for which the IRA Owner made a  contribution  to the
Roth IRA (or such person's  spouse made a contribution to a Roth IRA established
for the IRA  Owner).  Special  rules  apply with  respect  to  certain  types of
rollovers.

   To the extent a distribution from a Roth IRA is not a qualified distribution,
either  because it does not meet the definition of a qualified  distribution  in
the first instance,  or because it is made within the five-year period described
in section  408A(d)(2)(B),  the  portion  of the  distribution  that  represents
earnings  will be  subject  to tax in  accordance  with  section 72 of the Code,
including the 10% penalty tax imposed under section 72(t).  The same  exceptions
to the penalty  tax that apply to  Traditional  IRAs will apply to  nonqualified
distributions from Roth IRAs.

   In the  event  of a  nonqualified  distribution  from a Roth  IRA,  only  the
earnings  in the  account are  subject to tax;  contributions  may be  recovered
tax-free  (since no  deduction  is permitted  for such  contributions).  Section
408A(d) provides that  distributions from Roth IRAs are considered to come first
from  contributions,  to the extent that  distributions  do not exceed the total
amount of contributions.

KEOGH PLANS -- In general,  the 10% penalty tax imposed by section  72(t) of the
Code will not apply to the following types of  distributions  from a Traditional
IRA:

1.  Distributions  made on or after the date on which the IRA Owner  attains age
    59 1/2;

2.  Distributions  made to a beneficiary  (or to the estate of the IRA Owner) on
    or after the death of the IRA Owner;

3.  Distributions  attributable  to the IRA Owner's  being  disabled  within the
    meaning of section 72(m)(7) of the Code;

4.  Distributions  made to the IRA Owner after separation from service after age
    55;

5.  Distributions to unemployed  individuals to the extent such distributions do
    not  exceed  the  amount  of  unreimbursed  medical  expenses  allowed  as a
    deduction under section 213 of the Code;

6.  Distributions  to an alternate  payee (e.g., a former spouse)  pursuant to a
    qualified domestic relations order; and

7.  Distributions  that are part of a series  of  substantially  equal  periodic
    payments made at least annually for the life (or life expectancy) of the IRA
    Owner, or the joint lives (or life expectancies) of the IRA Owner and his or
    her designated beneficiary.

EDUCATION  IRAS --  Distributions  from an education  IRA are included in income
unless the qualified higher education expenses of the designated beneficiary are
equal to or greater than the amount of such distributions.  In addition, certain
special  rules  are  provided  that  permit  certain  rollovers  or  changes  in
beneficiaries. Any distribution that is subject to tax under section 530 is also
subject to the 10% penalty tax imposed by section  530(d)(4).  Thus, in general,
any  distribution  from an  education  IRA that  exceeds the amount of qualified
higher education  expenses of the designated  beneficiary will be subject to the
10% penalty tax.

HOW TO PURCHASE SHARES

Investors  may purchase  shares of the Fund through  authorized  dealers who are
members of the National  Association  of Securities  Dealers,  Inc. In addition,
banks and other financial  institutions may make shares of the Fund available to
their customers. (Banks and other financial institutions that make shares of the
Fund available to their customers in Texas must be registered with that state as
securities  dealers.)  The  minimum  initial  investment  is $100.  The  minimum
subsequent  investment  is $100 unless made through an  Accumulation  Plan which
allows for subsequent  investments  of $20. An application  may be obtained from
the Fund Administrator.

   As a convenience to investors and to save operating  expenses,  the Fund does
not issue  certificates  for full  shares  except  upon  written  request by the
investor or his or her investment dealer. Certificates will be issued at no cost
to the  stockholder.  No certificates  will be issued for fractional  shares and
fractional shares may be withdrawn only by redemption for cash.

   Orders  for the  purchase  of  shares  of the Fund  will be  confirmed  at an
offering  price  equal to the net asset  value per share next  determined  after
receipt  of the  order  in  proper  form by  Security  Distributors,  Inc.  (the
"Distributor")  (generally as of the close of the Exchange on that day) plus the
sales charge in the case of Class A shares.  Orders received by dealers or other
firms prior to the close of the Exchange and received by the  Distributor  prior
to the  close  of its  business  day will be  confirmed  at the  offering  price
effective  as of the  close of the  Exchange  on that  day.  Dealers  and  other
financial services firms are obligated to transmit orders promptly.

   The Fund  reserves the right to withdraw all or any part of the offering made
by this prospectus and to reject purchase orders.

ALTERNATIVE PURCHASE OPTIONS -- The Fund offers three classes of shares:

   CLASS A SHARES - FRONT-END LOAD OPTION.  Class A shares are sold with a sales
charge at the time of purchase. Class A shares are not subject to a sales charge
when they are redeemed  (except that shares sold in an amount of  $1,000,000  or
more without a front-end  sales charge will be subject to a contingent  deferred
sales charge of 1% for one year).  See Appendix B for a discussion of "Rights of
Accumulation"  and "Statement of  Intention,"  which options may serve to reduce
the front-end sales charge.

   CLASS B SHARES - BACK-END  LOAD  OPTION.  Class B shares  are sold  without a
sales charge at the time of purchase, but are subject to a deferred sales charge
if they are redeemed  within five years of the date of purchase.  Class B shares
will  automatically  convert to Class A shares at the end of eight  years  after
purchase.

   CLASS C SHARES - LEVEL LOAD  OPTION.  Class C shares are sold without a sales
charge at the time of purchase,  but are subject to a contingent  deferred sales
charge if they are redeemed within one year of the date of purchase.

   The decision as to which class is more  beneficial to an investor  depends on
the amount and intended length of the investment. Investors who would rather pay
the entire cost of distribution at the time of investment, rather than spreading
such cost over  time,  might  consider  Class A shares.  Other  investors  might
consider Class B or Class C shares,  in which case 100% of the purchase price is
invested  immediately,  depending on the amount of the purchase and the intended
length of investment.

   Dealers or others may receive  different levels of compensation  depending on
which class of shares they sell.

CLASS A SHARES -- Class A shares are  offered at net asset value plus an initial
sales charge as follows:

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                                                   SALES CHARGE
                                   ---------------------------------------------
                                   PERCENTAGE      PERCENTAGE OF     PERCENTAGE
AMOUNT OF PURCHASE                 OF OFFERING      NET AMOUNT       REALLOWABLE
AT OFFERING PRICE                     PRICE          INVESTED        TO DEALERS
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Less than $100,000.................   3.50%            3.63%            3.00%
$100,000 but less than $500,000....   2.50             2.56             2.00
$500,000 but less than $1,000,000..   1.50             1.52             1.00
$1,000,000 and over................   None             None          (See below)
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   The  Distributor  will pay a commission to dealers on purchases of $1,000,000
or more as  follows:  .50% on  sales  up to  $5,000,000,  plus  .25% on sales of
$5,000,000 or more up to  $10,000,000,  and .10% on any amount of $10,000,000 or
more.

CLASS A  DISTRIBUTION  PLAN -- As  discussed in the  prospectus,  the Fund has a
Distribution  Plan for its  Class A shares  pursuant  to Rule  12b-1  under  the
Investment  Company Act of 1940.  The Plan  authorizes the Fund to pay an annual
fee to the Distributor of .25% of the average daily net asset value of the Class
A shares of the Fund to finance various activities  relating to the distribution
of such shares of the Fund to investors.  These  expenses  include,  but are not
limited to, the payment of  compensation  (including  compensation to securities
dealers and other financial  institutions and  organizations)  to obtain various
administrative  services  for the Fund.  These  services  include,  among  other
things,  processing  new  shareholder  account  applications  and serving as the
primary source of information to customers in answering questions concerning the
Fund and their transactions with the Fund. The Distributor is also authorized to
engage in advertising,  the preparation and distribution of sales literature and
other promotional  activities on behalf of the Fund. The Distributor is required
to report in writing to the Board of Directors  of Security  Income Fund and the
board will review at least  quarterly  the  amounts and purpose of any  payments
made under the Plan. The  Distributor is also required to furnish the board with
such other  information  as may  reasonably  be requested in order to enable the
board to make an informed determination of whether the Plan should be continued.

   The Plan became  effective on February 10, 1999.  The Plan will continue from
year to year,  provided that such continuance is approved at least annually by a
vote of a majority of the Board of Directors  of the Fund,  including a majority
of the independent  directors cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose
of  voting on such  continuance.  The Plan can be  terminated  at any time on 60
days'  written  notice,  without  penalty,  if a majority  of the  disinterested
directors or the Class A shareholders  vote to terminate the Plan. Any agreement
relating to the  implementation  of the Plan terminates  automatically  if it is
assigned.  The Plan may not be  amended  to  increase  materially  the amount of
payments thereunder without approval of the Class A shareholders of the Fund.

   Because all amounts paid  pursuant to the  Distribution  Plan are paid to the
Distributor,  the Fund Administrator and its officers,  directors and employees,
including Messrs.  Cleland and Schmank (directors of the Fund),  Messrs.  Swank,
Swickard,  Eshnaur,  Bowser, Ms. Harwood and Ms. Lee (officers of the Fund), all
may be deemed to have a direct or indirect  financial  interest in the operation
of the  Distribution  Plan. None of the  independent  directors have a direct or
indirect financial interest in the operation of the Distribution Plan.

   Benefits  from  the  Distribution  Plan  may  accrue  to  the  Fund  and  its
stockholders  from the  growth  in assets  due to sales of shares to the  public
pursuant to the Distribution  Agreement with the  Distributor.  Increases in the
net  assets  of the  Fund  from  sales  pursuant  to its  Distribution  Plan and
Agreement may benefit  shareholders by reducing per share  expenses,  permitting
increased investment  flexibility and diversification of such Fund's assets, and
facilitating economies of scale (e.g., block purchases) in the Fund's securities
transactions.

CLASS B SHARES -- Class B shares  are  offered  at net asset  value,  without an
initial sales charge.  With certain  exceptions,  the Fund may impose a deferred
sales charge on shares  redeemed  within five years of the date of purchase.  No
deferred sales charge is imposed on amounts redeemed thereafter. If imposed, the
deferred sales charge is deducted from the redemption proceeds otherwise payable
to you. The deferred sales charge is retained by the Distributor.

   Whether a contingent  deferred  sales charge is imposed and the amount of the
charge  will depend on the number of years  since the  investor  made a purchase
payment  from  which an amount is being  redeemed,  according  to the  following
schedule:

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   YEAR SINCE PURCHASE PAYMENT WAS MADE     CONTINGENT DEFERRED SALES CHARGE
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   First...............................                    5%
   Second..............................                    4%
   Third...............................                    3%
   Fourth..............................                    3%
   Fifth...............................                    2%
   Sixth and Following.................                    0%
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   Class B shares (except shares purchased through the reinvestment of dividends
and other  distributions paid with respect to Class B shares) will automatically
convert,  on the eighth  anniversary of the date such shares were purchased,  to
Class A shares which are subject to a lower  distribution  fee.  This  automatic
conversion of Class B shares will take place  without  imposition of a front-end
sales charge or exchange fee. (Conversion of Class B shares represented by stock
certificates  will require the return of the stock  certificates to the transfer
agent.)  All  shares  purchased  through  reinvestment  of  dividends  and other
distributions paid with respect to Class B shares  ("reinvestment  shares") will
be considered to be held in a separate subaccount.  Each time any Class B shares
(other than those held in the subaccount)  convert to Class A shares, a pro rata
portion of the  reinvestment  shares held in the subaccount will also convert to
Class A shares.  Class B shares so  converted  will no longer be  subject to the
higher  expenses borne by Class B shares.  Because the net asset value per share
of the Class A shares  may be higher or lower than that of the Class B shares at
the  time  of  conversion,  although  the  dollar  value  will  be the  same,  a
shareholder  may receive  more or less Class A shares than the number of Class B
shares  converted.  Under  current  law,  it is the Fund's  opinion  that such a
conversion  will not constitute a taxable event under federal income tax law. In
the event that this ceases to be the case,  the Board of Directors will consider
what action,  if any, is  appropriate  and in the best  interests of the Class B
stockholders.

CLASS B  DISTRIBUTION  PLAN -- The Fund bears  some of the costs of selling  its
Class B shares  under a  Distribution  Plan  adopted with respect to its Class B
shares ("Class B Distribution Plan") pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment
Company Act of 1940 ("1940  Act").  This Plan provides for payments at an annual
rate of .75% of the  average  daily net asset  value of Class B shares.  Amounts
paid by the Fund are  currently  used to pay  dealers  and other firms that make
Class B shares  available to their  customers  (1) a  commission  at the time of
purchase  normally  equal  to 2.75% of the  value of each  share  sold and (2) a
service fee for account maintenance and personal service to shareholders payable
for the first year, initially,  and for each year thereafter,  quarterly,  in an
amount  equal to .25%  annually of the average  daily net asset value of Class B
shares sold by such  dealers and other firms and  remaining  outstanding  on the
books of the Fund.

   Rules of the National Association of Securities Dealers,  Inc. ("NASD") limit
the aggregate amount that a Fund may pay annually in distribution  costs for the
sale of its Class B shares to 6.25% of gross  sales of Class B shares  since the
inception of the  Distribution  Plan, plus interest at the prime rate plus 1% on
such  amount  (less  any  contingent  deferred  sales  charges  paid by  Class B
shareholders to the Distributor). The Distributor intends, but is not obligated,
to continue to pay or accrue  distribution  charges  incurred in connection with
the Class B Distribution Plan which exceed current annual payments  permitted to
be received by the Distributor  from the Fund. The  Distributor  intends to seek
full  payment of such  charges  from the Fund  (together  with  annual  interest
thereon  at the prime  rate plus 1%) at such time in the  future  as, and to the
extent that, payment thereof by the Fund would be within permitted limits.

   The Fund's Class B Distribution Plan may be terminated at any time by vote of
its directors who are not interested  persons of the Fund as defined in the 1940
Act or by vote of a majority of the outstanding Class B shares. In the event the
Class B  Distribution  Plan is  terminated  by the Class B  stockholders  or the
Funds' Board of Directors,  the payments made to the Distributor pursuant to the
Plan up to that time would be retained by the Distributor. Any expenses incurred
by the  Distributor  in  excess  of  those  payments  would be  absorbed  by the
Distributor.  The Fund makes no  payments  in  connection  with the sales of its
shares other than the distribution fee paid to the Distributor.

CLASS C SHARES -- Class C shares  of the Fund are  offered  at net asset  value,
without an initial sales charge. With certain exceptions,  the Fund may impose a
deferred  sales  charge  on  shares  redeemed  within  one  year of the  date of
purchase. No deferred sales charge is imposed on amounts redeemed thereafter. If
imposed,  the deferred  sales charge is deducted  from the  redemption  proceeds
otherwise  payable  to  you.  The  deferred  sales  charge  is  retained  by the
Distributor.

CLASS C  DISTRIBUTION  PLAN -- The Fund bears  some of the costs of selling  its
Class C shares  under a  Distribution  Plan  adopted with respect to its Class C
shares ("Class C Distribution Plan") pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment
Company Act of 1940 ("1940  Act").  This Plan provides for payments at an annual
rate of .50% of the  average  daily net asset  value of Class C shares.  Amounts
paid by the Fund are  currently  used to pay  dealers  and other firms that make
Class C shares  available to their  customers  (1) a  commission  at the time of
purchase  normally  equal to .25% of the value of each share sold,  and for each
year thereafter,  quarterly,  in an amount equal to .25% annually of the average
daily net asset value of Class C shares sold by such dealers and other firms and
remaining outstanding on the books of the Fund and (2) a service fee payable for
the first year initially, and for each year thereafter,  quarterly, in an amount
equal to .25%  annually of the  average  daily net asset value of Class C shares
sold by such dealers and other firms and remaining  outstanding  on the books of
the Fund.

   Rules of the NASD limit the aggregate  amount that a Fund may pay annually in
distribution costs for the sale of its Class C shares to 6.25% of gross sales of
Class C shares since the inception of the  Distribution  Plan,  plus interest at
the  prime  rate plus 1% on such  amount  (less any  contingent  deferred  sales
charges  paid by  Class C  shareholders  to the  Distributor).  The  Distributor
intends, but is not obligated, to continue to pay or accrue distribution charges
incurred in connection  with the Class C Distribution  Plan which exceed current
annual payments  permitted to be received by the Distributor  from the Fund. The
Distributor intends to seek full payment of such charges from the Fund (together
with  annual  interest  thereon  at the prime  rate plus 1%) at such time in the
future as, and to the extent that,  payment  thereof by the Fund would be within
permitted limits.

   The Fund's Class C Distribution Plan may be terminated at any time by vote of
its directors who are not interested  persons of the Fund as defined in the 1940
Act or by vote of a majority of the outstanding Class C shares. In the event the
Class C  Distribution  Plan is  terminated  by the Class C  stockholders  or the
Fund's Board of Directors,  the payments made to the Distributor pursuant to the
Plan up to that time would be retained by the Distributor. Any expenses incurred
by the  Distributor  in  excess  of  those  payments  would be  absorbed  by the
Distributor.  The Fund makes no payments in  connection  with the sales of their
shares other than the distribution fee paid to the Distributor.

CALCULATION  AND WAIVER OF CONTINGENT  DEFERRED  SALES CHARGES -- Any contingent
deferred  sales charge imposed upon  redemption of Class A shares  (purchased in
amounts  of  $1,000,000  or  more),  Class B  shares  and  Class C  shares  is a
percentage  of the lesser of (1) the net asset  value of the shares  redeemed or
(2) the net cost of such shares. No contingent  deferred sales charge is imposed
upon redemption of amounts derived from (1) increases in the value above the net
cost of such  shares due to  increases  in the net asset  value per share of the
Fund; (2) shares acquired  through  reinvestment of income dividends and capital
gain distributions; or (3) Class A shares (purchased in amounts of $1,000,000 or
more) or Class C shares  held for more than one year or Class B shares  held for
more than five years.  Upon  request for  redemption,  shares not subject to the
contingent deferred sales charge will be redeemed first. Thereafter, shares held
the longest will be the first to be redeemed.

   The contingent  deferred sales charge is waived: (1) following the death of a
stockholder  if  redemption  is made within one year after  death;  (2) upon the
disability  (as defined in section  72(m)(7) of the Internal  Revenue Code) of a
stockholder  prior to age 65 if  redemption  is made  within  one year after the
disability,  provided such disability  occurred after the stockholder opened the
account; (3) in connection with required minimum distributions in the case of an
IRA,  SAR-SEP or Keogh or any other  retirement  plan  qualified  under  Section
401(a),  401(k) or 403(b) of the Code; and (4) in the case of distributions from
retirement  plans  qualified  under  Section  401(a) or  401(k) of the  Internal
Revenue  Code due to (i)  returns  of excess  contributions  to the  plan,  (ii)
retirement of a participant in the plan,  (iii) a loan from the plan  (repayment
of loans,  however,  will  constitute  new sales for purposes of  assessing  the
contingent deferred sales charge), (iv) "financial hardship" of a participant in
the  plan,   as  that  term  is   defined   in   Treasury   Regulation   Section
1.401(k)-1(d)(2), as amended from time to time, (v) termination of employment of
a participant in the plan, (vi) any other permissible withdrawal under the terms
of the plan.

ARRANGEMENTS  WITH  BROKER-DEALERS  AND  OTHERS -- To the  extent  permitted  by
applicable law, the Fund's Administrator or Distributor, from time to time, will
provide  promotional  incentives  or  pay a  bonus,  to  certain  dealers  whose
representatives  have sold or are  expected to sell  significant  amounts of the
Fund  and/or  certain  other  funds  managed  by the  Fund  Administrator.  Such
promotional incentives will include payment for attendance (including travel and
lodging expenses) by qualifying registered representatives (and members of their
families)  at sales  seminars  at luxury  resorts  within or without  the United
States.  Bonus  compensation may include  reallowance of the entire sales charge
and may also  include,  with respect to Class A shares,  an amount which exceeds
the entire  sales  charge  and,  with  respect to Class B or Class C shares,  an
amount  which  exceeds  the maximum  commission.  The  Distributor,  or the Fund
Administrator,  may also  provide  financial  assistance  to certain  dealers in
connection with  conferences,  sales or training  programs for their  employees,
seminars  for the  public,  advertising,  sales  campaigns,  and/or  shareholder
services and  programs  regarding  one or more of the funds  managed by the Fund
Administrator.  Certain of the promotional incentives or bonuses may be financed
by payments to the Distributor under a Rule 12b-1 Distribution Plan. The payment
of promotional  incentives  and/or bonuses will not change the price an investor
will pay for shares or the amount that the Fund will receive from such sale.  No
compensation  will be offered to the extent it is  prohibited by the laws of any
state  or  self-regulatory   agency,   such  as  the  NASD.  A  dealer  to  whom
substantially  the entire  sales  charge of Class A shares is  reallowed  may be
deemed to be an "underwriter" under federal securities laws.

   The Distributor  also may pay banks and other  financial  services firms that
facilitate  transactions  in shares of the Fund for their  clients a transaction
fee up to the level of the  payments  made  allowable to dealers for the sale of
such  shares as  described  above.  Banks  currently  are  prohibited  under the
Glass-Steagall Act from providing certain underwriting or distribution services.
If banking firms were prohibited from acting in any capacity or providing any of
the  described  services,  the Fund's Board of  Directors  would  consider  what
action, if any, would be appropriate.

   In  addition,  state  securities  laws on this  issue  may  differ  from  the
interpretations  of  federal  law  expressed  herein  and  banks  and  financial
institutions may be required to register as dealers pursuant to state law.

PURCHASES  AT NET ASSET VALUE -- Class A shares of the Fund may be  purchased at
net asset value by (1) directors, officers and employees of the Fund, the Fund's
Administrator  or  Distributor;  directors,  officers and  employees of Security
Benefit  Life  Insurance  Company and its  subsidiaries;  agents  licensed  with
Security Benefit Life Insurance  Company;  spouses or minor children of any such
agents; as well as the following  relatives of any such directors,  officers and
employees  (and  their  spouses):  spouses,  grandparents,   parents,  children,
grandchildren,  siblings,  nieces and nephews;  (2) any trust,  pension,  profit
sharing or other benefit plan  established by any of the foregoing  corporations
for  persons   described   above;   (3)  retirement   plans  where  third  party
administrators  of such plans have entered into  certain  arrangements  with the
Distributor  or its  affiliates  provided that no commission is paid to dealers;
and (4) officers,  directors,  partners or registered representatives (and their
spouses and minor children) of broker-dealers  who have a selling agreement with
the Distributor. Such sales are made upon the written assurance of the purchaser
that the purchase is made for investment  purposes and that the securities  will
not be transferred  or resold except  through  redemption or repurchase by or on
behalf of the Fund.

   Class A shares of the Fund may also be  purchased at net asset value when the
purchase is made on the recommendation of (i) a registered  investment  adviser,
trustee or financial intermediary who has authority to make investment decisions
on behalf of the investor;  or (ii) a certified  financial planner or registered
broker-dealer  who either  charges  periodic fees to its customers for financial
planning,  investment  advisory or asset management  services,  or provides such
services in connection with the establishment of an investment account for which
a comprehensive  "wrap fee" is imposed.  The Distributor must be notified when a
purchase is made that qualifies under this provision.

MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND AND TRUST

The Board of Directors of Security  Income Fund and the Board of Trustees of the
Portfolio  Trust  (collectively,  the  Directors)  are each  composed of persons
experienced  in financial  matters who meet  throughout  the year to oversee the
activities  of the  Fund  or  the  Portfolio,  respectively.  In  addition,  the
Directors review  contractual  arrangements with companies that provide services
to the Fund/Portfolio and review the Fund's performance.

   The  Directors  and  officers of the Security  Income Fund and the  Portfolio
Trust,  their birth dates, and their principal  occupations during the past five
years are set forth  below.  Their  titles may have varied  during that  period.
Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each officer and director of Security
Income Fund is 700 Harrison Street, Topeka, Kansas 66636-0001 and the address of
each officer of the  Portfolio  Trust is One South Street,  Baltimore,  Maryland
21202.

DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF SECURITY INCOME FUND--

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NAME, ADDRESS, AND AGE             POSITION(S) HELD WITH FUND      PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION(S) DURING PAST 5 YEARS
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<S>                                <C>                             <C>
John D. Cleland,* 63               President and Director          Senior Vice President and Managing Member Representative,
(Birth date: May 1, 1936)                                          Security Management Company, LLC; Senior Vice President, Security
                                                                   Benefit Group, Inc. and Security Benefit Life Insurance Company
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Donald A. Chubb, Jr.,** 53         Director                        Business broker, Griffith & Blair Realtors. Prior to 1997,
(Birth date: December 14, 1946)                                    President, Neon Tube Light Company, Inc
2222 SW 29th Street
Topeka, Kansas 66611
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Penny A. Lumpkin,** 60             Director                        Owner, Vivian's Gift Shop (Corporate Retail); Vice President,
(Birth date: August 20, 1939)                                      Palmer Companies, Inc. (Small Business and Shopping Center
3616 Canterbury Town Road                                          Development) and Bellairre Shopping Center LLC (Managing and
Topeka, Kansas 66610                                               Leasing); Partner, Goodwin Enterprises (Retail). Prior to 1999,
                                                                   Vice President and Treasurer, Palmer News, Inc.; Vice President,
                                                                   M/S News, Inc. and Secretary, Kansas City Periodicals.
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Mark L. Morris, Jr.,** 65          Director                        Retired; Former General Partner, Mark Morris Associates
(Birth date: February 3, 1934)                                     (Veterinary Research and Education)
5500 SW 7th Street
Topeka, Kansas 66606
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Maynard Oliverius, 56              Director                        President and Chief Executive Officer, Stormont-Vail HealthCare
(Birth date: December 18, 1943)
1500 SW 10th Avenue
Topeka, Kansas 66604
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James R. Schmank,* 46              Director and Vice President     President and Managing Member Representative, Security Management
(Birth date: February 21, 1953)                                    Company, LLC; Senior Vice President, Security Benefit Group, Inc.
                                                                   and Security Benefit Life Insurance Company
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Amy J. Lee, 38                     Secretary                       Secretary, Security Management Company, LLC; Vice President,
(Birth date: June 5, 1961)                                         Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, Security
                                                                   Benefit Group, Inc. and Security Benefit Life Insurance Company
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Brenda M. Harwood, 36              Treasurer                       Assistant Vice President and Treasurer, Security Management
(Birth date: November 3, 1963)                                     Company, LLC; Assistant Vice President, Security Benefit Group,
                                                                   Inc. and Security Benefit Life Insurance Company
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Steven M. Bowser, 39               Vice President                  Vice President and Portfolio Manager, Security Management
(Birth date: February 11, 1960)                                    Company, LLC; Vice President, Security Benefit Group, Inc. and
                                                                   Security Benefit Life Insurance Company
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Thomas A. Swank, 40                Vice President                  Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager, Security Management
(Birth date: January 10, 1960)                                     Company, LLC; Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer,
                                                                   Security Benefit Group, Inc. and Security Benefit Life Insurance
                                                                   Company
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David Eshnaur, 39                  Vice President                  Assistant Vice President and Portfolio Manager, Security
(Birth date: October 8, 1960)                                      Management Company, LLC. Prior to July 1997, Assistant Vice
                                                                   President and Assistant Portfolio Manager, Waddell & Reed.
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Christopher D. Swickard, 34        Assistant Secretary             Assistant Secretary, Security Management Company, LLC; Assistant
(Birth date: October 9, 1965)                                      Vice President and Assistant Counsel, Security Benefit Group,
                                                                   Inc. and Security Benefit Life Insurance Company
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<FN>
 *These directors are deemed to be "interested persons" of the Fund.
**These  directors  serve on the Fund's  audit  committee,  the purpose of which (among  other  things) is to meet with  independent
  auditors,  to review the work of the auditors,  and to oversee the handling by Security Management Company,  LLC of the accounting
  function for the Fund.
</FN>
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</TABLE>

   The officers of Security Income Fund hold identical  offices with each of the
other mutual funds in the Security Funds Family, except Messrs.  Eshnaur, Bowser
and Swank who hold the same office only with respect to SBL Fund.  The directors
of Security  Income Fund also serve as directors  of each of the other  Security
Funds. Ms. Lee is also Secretary of the Distributor, Messrs. Cleland and Schmank
are  directors  and Vice  Presidents  of the  Distributor  and Ms.  Harwood is a
director and Treasurer of the Distributor.

TRUSTEES OF BT INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS--

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<CAPTION>
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                                     POSITION(S) HELD WITH
NAME, ADDRESS, AND AGE              THE TRUSTS AND PORTFOLIO     PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION(S) DURING PAST 5 YEARS
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<S>                                 <C>                          <C>
Charles P. Biggar, 69                        Trustee             Trustee of each of the other investment companies in the Fund
(Birth date: October 13, 1930)                                   Complex(1); Retired; former Vice President, International Business
12 Hitching Post Lane                                            Machines ("IBM") and President, National Services and the Field
Chappaqua, New York 10514                                        Engineering Divisions of IBM
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S. Leland Dill, 69                           Trustee             Trustee of each of the other investment companies in the Fund
(Birth date: March 28, 1930)                                     Complex; Retired; Director, Coutts (U.S.A.) International; Trustee,
5070 North Ocean Drive                                           Phoenix-Zweig Trust(2) and Phoenix-Euclid Market Neutral Fund(2);
Singer Island, Florida 33404                                     former Partner, KPMG Peat Marwick; Director, Vintners International
                                                                 Company Inc.; Director, Coutts Trust Holdings Ltd., Director,
                                                                 Coutts Group; General Partner, Pemco(2)
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Martin J. Gruber, 62                         Trustee             Trustee of each of the other investment companies in the Fund
(Birth date: July 15, 1937)                                      Complex; Nomura Professor of Finance, Leonard N. Stern School of
229 South Irving Street                                          Business, New York University (since 1964); Trustee, TIAA(2);
Ridgewood, New Jersey 07450                                      Trustee, SG Cowen Mutual Funds(2); Trustee, Japan Equity Fund(2);
                                                                 Trustee, Taiwan Equity Fund(2)
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Richard Hale,* 54                            Trustee             Trustee of each of the other investment companies in the Fund
(Birth date: July 17, 1945)                                      Complex; Managing Director, Deutsche Asset Management; Director,
205 Woodbrook Lane                                               Flag Investors Funds(2); Managing Director, Deutsche Banc Alex.
Baltimore, Maryland 21212                                        Brown Incorporated; Director and President, Investment Company
                                                                 Capital Corp.
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Richard J. Herring, 53                       Trustee             Trustee of each of the other investment companies in the Fund
(Birth date: February 18, 1946)                                  Complex; Jacob Safra Professor of International Banking, Professor
325 South Roberts Road                                           of Finance and Vice Dean, The Wharton School, University of
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010                                    Pennsylvania (since 1972)
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Bruce E. Langton, 68                         Trustee             Trustee of each of the other investment companies in the Fund
(Birth date: May 10, 1931)                                       Complex; Retired; Trustee, Allmerica Financial Mutual Funds
99 Jordan Lane                                                   (1992-present); Member, Pension and Thrift Plans and Investment
Stamford, Connecticut 06903                                      Committee, Unilever U.S. Corporation (1989 to present)(3);
                                                                 Director, TWA Pilots Directed Account Plan and 401(k) Plan (1988 to
                                                                 present)(2)
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Philip Saunders, Jr., 64                     Trustee             Trustee of each of the other investment companies in the Fund
(Birth date: October 11, 1935)                                   Complex; Principal, Philip Saunders Associates (Economic and
445 Glen Road                                                    Financial Analysis); former Director, Financial Industry
Weston, Massachusetts 02193                                      Consulting, Wolf & Company; President, John Hancock Home Mortgage
                                                                 Corporation; Senior Vice President of Treasury and Financial
                                                                 Services, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Inc.
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Harry Van Benschoten, 71                     Trustee             Trustee of each of the other investment companies in the Fund
(Birth date: February 18, 1928)                                  Complex; Retired; Director, Canada Life Insurance Corporation of
6581 Ridgewood Drive                                             New York
Naples, Florida 34108
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<FN>
*  "Interested  Person"  within the meaning of Section  2(a)(19)  of the Act.  Mr.  Hale is a Managing  Director  of Deutsche  Asset
   Management, the U.S. asset management unit of Deutsche Bank and its affiliates.
1  The "Fund Complex"  consists of BT Investment  Funds, BT  Institutional  Funds,  BT Pyramid Mutual Funds, BT Advisor Funds,  Cash
   Management  Portfolio,  Intermediate Tax Free Portfolio,  Tax Free Money Portfolio,  NY Tax Free Money Portfolio,  Treasury Money
   Portfolio, International Equity Portfolio, Equity 500 Index Portfolio, Capital Appreciation Portfolio, Asset Management Portfolio
   and BT Investment Portfolios.
2  An investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Act").
3  A publicly held company with securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
</FN>
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</TABLE>

   The Board has an Audit  Committee that meets with the Trusts' and Portfolio's
independent  accountants  to review the financial  statements of the Trust,  the
adequacy of internal controls and the accounting  procedures and policies of the
Trust.  Each  member of the Board  except Mr. Hale also is a member of the Audit
Committee.

OFFICERS OF BT INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS--

Unless  otherwise  specified,  each officer listed below holds the same position
with the Trust and BT Investment Portfolios.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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                                  POSITION(S) HELD WITH
NAME, ADDRESS, AND AGE           THE TRUSTS AND PORTFOLIO     PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION(S) DURING PAST 5 YEARS
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<S>                              <C>                          <C>
Daniel O. Hirsch, 45             Secretary                    Director, Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown Incorporated and Investment
(Birth date: March 27, 1954)                                  Company Capital Corp. since July 1998; Assistant General Counsel,
One South Street                                              Office of the General Counsel, United States Securities and Exchange
Baltimore, Maryland 21202                                     Commission from 1993 to 1998
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John Y. Keffer, 57               President and Chief          President, Forum Financial Group L.L.C. and its affiliates; President,
(Birth date: July 14, 1942)      Executive Officer            ICC Distributors, Inc.(1)
ICC Distributors, Inc.
Two Portland Square
Portland, Maine 04101
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Charles A. Rizzo, 41             Treasurer                    Vice President and Department Head, Deutsche Asset Management since
(Birth date: August 5, 1958)                                  1998; Senior Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from 1993 to 1998
One South Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
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<FN>
1  Underwriter/distributor for the Trust. Mr. Keffer owns 100% of the shares of ICC Distributors, Inc.
</FN>
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</TABLE>

   Messrs.  Hirsch,  Keffer  and Rizzo  also hold  similar  positions  for other
investment  companies for which ICC Distributors,  or an affiliate serves as the
principal underwriter.

   No person  who is an officer or  director  of Bankers  Trust is an officer or
Trustee of the Trust. No director, officer or employee of ICC Distributors, Inc.
or any of its  affiliates  will  receive  any  compensation  from the  Trust for
serving as an officer or Trustee of the Trust.

SECURITY INCOME FUND DIRECTOR COMPENSATION TABLE--

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                             AGGREGATE COMPENSATION      TOTAL COMPENSATION FROM
NAME                       FROM SECURITY INCOME FUND      SECURITY FUND COMPLEX
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Donald A. Chubb, Jr. ......         $2,249                       $27,000
John D. Cleland ...........            N/A                           N/A
Penny A. Lumpkin ..........          2,166                        26,000
Mark L. Morris, Jr. .......          2,249                        27,000
Maynard Oliverius .........          2,166                        26,000
James R. Schmank ..........            N/A                           N/A
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*Harold G.  Worswick,  formerly  a  director  of the  Security  Funds,  received
 deferred  compensation  in the amount of $8,386 during the year ended  December
 31, 1999.
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   As of December 31, 1999 the officers and directors of Security Income Fund as
a group  beneficially  owned less than 1% of the total outstanding voting shares
of the Fund.

   PORTFOLIO TRUSTEE COMPENSATION TABLE--

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                              AGGREGATE       AGGREGATE
                             COMPENSATION    COMPENSATION    TOTAL COMPENSATION
                                 FROM            FROM        FROM FUND COMPLEX
NAME OF PERSON, POSITION     TRUST(1),(2)    PORTFOLIO(2)    PAID TO TRUSTEES(3)
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Charles P. Biggar,               N/A            $1,288             $43,750
Trustee of Portfolios
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Kelvin J. Lancaster,           $18,567            N/A              $27,500
Former Trustee of
  the Trust
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S. Leland Dill,                $17,104          $1,086             $43,750
Trustee of Trust
  and Portfolios
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Philip Saunders, Jr.,          $17,645          $1,120             $45,000
Trustee of Trust
  and Portfolios
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Martin J. Gruber,(4)             N/A              N/A              $45,000
Trustee of the Portfolio
  and Trust
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Richard J. Herring,(4)           N/A              N/A              $43,750
Trustee of the Portfolio
  and Trust
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Bruce E. Langton,(4)             N/A              N/A              $43,750
Trustee of the Portfolio
  and Trust
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Harry Van Benschoten,(4)         N/A              N/A              $45,000
Trustee of the Portfolio
  and Trust
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1  The aggregate  compensation is provided for the BT Investment  Funds which is
   comprised of 16 funds.

2  Information is provided for the Trust's fiscal year ended September 30, 1999.

3  Aggregated information is furnished for the BT Family of Funds which consists
   of the following:  BT Investment  Funds, BT  Institutional  Funds, BT Pyramid
   Mutual Funds,  BT Advisor Funds,  BT Investment  Portfolios,  Cash Management
   Portfolio,  Treasury Money Portfolio,  Tax Free Money Portfolio,  NY Tax Free
   Money Portfolio,  International  Equity  Portfolio,  Short  Intermediate U.S.
   Government  Securities  Portfolio,  Intermediate  Tax Free  Portfolio,  Asset
   Management  Portfolio,  Equity 500 Index Portfolio,  and Capital Appreciation
   Portfolio.  The  compensation is provided for the fiscal year ended September
   30, 1999.

4  Became a Trustee of the Portfolio and Trust after September 30, 1999.
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   As of December 31, 1999,  the Trustees and Officers of the Trust owned in the
aggregate less than 1% of the shares of the Trust (all series taken together).

   As of December 31, 1999, Security Benefit Life Insurance Company ("SBL"), 700
SW  Harrison  Street,   Topeka,  Kansas,   66636-0001,   owned,  of  record  and
beneficially,  20.98% of the voting securities of Capital Preservation Fund (20%
of the total outstanding Class A shares,  46.4% of the total outstanding Class B
shares, and 77.68% of the total outstanding Class C shares). SBL is a stock life
insurance  company  and  is  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  Kansas.  SBL is
ultimately  controlled  by  Security  Benefit  Mutual  Holding  Company,  700 SW
Harrison Street, Topeka, Kansas,  66636-0001, a mutual holding company organized
under the laws of Kansas.

   As of  December  31,  1999,  the  following  entities  owned,  of record  and
beneficially  unless  otherwise  indicated,  5% or more of a class  of a  Fund's
outstanding securities:

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       NAME OF STOCKHOLDER               CLASS OWNED     PERCENTAGE OWNED
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       SBL ...........................     Class A             20.0%
       Roberta Miller ................     Class B              6.5%
       SBL ...........................     Class B             46.4%
       Lucille Cunningham ............     Class B              6.8%
       Betty M. Correll ..............     Class B              9.2%
       First National Bank of Onaga,
         FBO Raymond Johnson .........     Class B             24.3%
       SBL ...........................     Class C             77.7%
       Carol A. Thomas ...............     Class C              5.5%
       Deborah M. Caho ...............     Class C              7.1%
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INVESTMENT  ADVISER  -- Bankers  Trust is the  Portfolio's  investment  adviser.
Bankers Trust is a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank.  Deutsche Bank is a
banking company with limited  liability  organized under the laws of the Federal
Republic of Germany.  Deutsche Bank is the parent company of a group  consisting
of banks, capital markets companies, fund management companies,  mortgage banks,
a  property  finance  company,  installment  financing  and  leasing  companies,
insurance companies,  research and consultancy  companies and other domestic and
foreign companies.

   Bankers  Trust  may  have  deposit,   loan  and  other   commercial   banking
relationships  with the issuers of obligations  which may be purchased on behalf
of the  Portfolio,  including  outstanding  loans to such issuers which could be
repaid in whole or in part with the proceeds of securities  so  purchased.  Such
affiliates deal, trade and invest for their own accounts in such obligations and
are among the  leading  dealers of various  types of such  obligations.  Bankers
Trust has informed the Portfolio  that, in making its investment  decisions,  it
does not obtain or use material  inside  information in its possession or in the
possession of any of its affiliates.  In making investment  recommendations  for
the Portfolio, Bankers Trust will not inquire or take into consideration whether
an issuer of  securities  proposed  for  purchase or sale by the  Portfolio is a
customer of Bankers Trust,  its parent or its subsidiaries or affiliates and, in
dealing  with  its  customers,  Bankers  Trust,  its  parent,  subsidiaries  and
affiliates  will not inquire or take into  consideration  whether  securities of
such  customers  are  held by any  fund  managed  by  Bankers  Trust or any such
affiliate.

   For the fiscal year ended  September 30, 1999,  Bankers Trust earned  $64,673
for compensation of investment advisory services provided to the Portfolio.  For
the same period,  Bankers  Trust  reimbursed  $42,363 to the  Portfolio to cover
expenses.

   At a Special  Meeting held on October 8, 1999,  shareholders of the Portfolio
also approved a new investment advisory agreement with Morgan Grenfell,  Inc. As
of October 5, 1999,  Morgan  Grenfell,  Inc.  has been  renamed  Deutsche  Asset
Management Inc. ("DAMI"). The new investment advisory agreement with DAMI may be
implemented within two years of the date of the Special Meeting upon approval of
a majority of the members of the Board of Trustees of the  Portfolio who are not
"interested  persons"  ("Independent  Trustees").  Shareholders of the Portfolio
also approved a new sub-investment advisory agreement among the Portfolio,  DAMI
and  Bankers  Trust  under which  Bankers  Trust may  perform  certain of DAMI's
responsibilities,  at DAMI's expense, upon approval of the Independent Trustees,
within two years of the date of the Special  Meeting.  DAMI is a  subsidiary  of
Deutsche Asset  Management  Ltd., a wholly owned  subsidiary of Deutsche  Morgan
Grenfell  Group PLC, an investment  holding  company which is, in turn, a wholly
owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank.

ADMINISTRATOR  -- Pursuant to an  Administrative  Services and  Transfer  Agency
Agreement  with Security  Income Fund,  dated April 1, 1987 as amended April 30,
1999, Security Management Company,  LLC ("SMC") acts as the administrative agent
for the Fund and as such performs administrative  functions and the bookkeeping,
accounting  and pricing  function for the Fund. For these services SMC receives,
on an annual basis .09% of the average net assets of the fund,  calculated daily
and payable monthly.  Under this Agreement SMC also performs the transfer agency
function  for  the  Fund.  As  such,  SMC  performs  all  shareholder  servicing
functions,  mailing shareholder communications and acting as dividend disbursing
agent. For the transfer agency services,  SMC receives an annual maintenance fee
of $8 per account, a fee of $1 per shareholder transaction,  and a fee of $1 per
dividend  transaction.  Under a  sub-administration  agreement  between  SMC and
Bankers  Trust,  Bankers  Trust has agreed to provide  certain  fund  accounting
services to the fund,  including  calculation of the Fund's daily NAV. For these
services, SMC pays Bankers Trust a fee of $14,000 per year.

   Under an administration and services  agreements,  Bankers Trust is obligated
on a continuous  basis to provide such  administrative  services as the Board of
Trustees of the Trust and the Portfolio reasonably deem necessary for the proper
administration  of the Trust and the  Portfolio.  Bankers  Trust will  generally
assist in all  aspects  of the  Fund's and  Portfolio's  operations;  supply and
maintain  office  facilities  (which may be in  Bankers  Trust's  own  offices),
statistical and research data, data processing services,  clerical,  accounting,
bookkeeping  and record  keeping  services  (including  without  limitation  the
maintenance of such books and records as are required under the 1940 Act and the
rules  thereunder,   except  as  maintained  by  other  agents),  executive  and
administrative services, and stationary and office supplies;  prepare reports to
shareholders  or  investors;  prepare  and file tax  returns;  supply  financial
information  and  supporting  data for reports to and  filings  with the SEC and
various state Blue Sky authorities; supply supporting documentation for meetings
of the Board of Trustees;  provide monitoring  reports and assistance  regarding
compliance  with  Declarations  of Trust,  by-laws,  investment  objectives  and
policies and with Federal and state  securities  laws;  arrange for  appropriate
insurance coverage;  calculate net asset values, net income and realized capital
gains or losses;  and negotiate  arrangements with, and supervise and coordinate
the activities of, agents and others to supply services.

   For the fiscal year ended September 30, 1999,  Bankers Trust earned $4,620 as
compensation for  administrative  and other services  provided to the Portfolio.
During the same period,  Bankers  Trust  reimbursed  $3,026 to the  Portfolio to
cover expenses.

   Pursuant  to a separate  Management  Services  Agreement,  SMC also  performs
certain other services on behalf of the Fund. Under this Agreement, SMC provides
feeder fund  management  and  administrative  services to the Fund which include
monitoring  the   performance  of  the   Portfolio,   coordinating   the  Fund's
relationship  with  the  Portfolio,  communicating  with  the  Fund's  Board  of
Directors and shareholders regarding the Portfolio's  performance and the Fund's
two tier structure, and in general, assisting the Board of Directors of the Fund
in all  aspects  of the  administration  and  operation  of the Fund.  For these
services,  the Fund  pays SMC a fee at the  annual  rate of .20% of its  average
daily net assets, calculated daily and payable monthly.

   During the fiscal year ended  September 30, 1999, the Fund paid the following
amounts to the Administrator for its services.

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                                                                 1999(1)
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       Administrative service fees paid to Administrator......   $7,181
       Transfer Agency service fees paid to Administrator.....      464
       Reimbursement of expenses by Administrator.............      ---
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       1  Capital  Preservations  Fund's figures are based on the period
          May 3, 1999 (date of inception) to September 30, 1999.
       -----------------------------------------------------------------

   For the fiscal year ended September 30, 1999, the Fund paid the Administrator
$14,567 for its services under the Management Services Agreement.

CUSTODIAN AND TRANSFER AGENT -- Bankers  Trust,  130 Liberty Street (One Bankers
Trust Plaza),  New York,  New York 10006,  serves as Custodian for the Portfolio
pursuant to the administration and services agreements.  As Custodian,  it holds
the  Portfolio's  assets.  Bankers  Trust also serves as  transfer  agent of the
Portfolio pursuant to the administration and services  agreement.  Bankers Trust
may be reimbursed by the Portfolio for its out-of-pocket expenses. Bankers Trust
will comply with the self-custodian provisions of Rule 17f-2 under the 1940 Act.
UMB Bank, N.A. 928 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64106 serves as Custodian
for the Fund and as such, holds all the Fund's assets.

BANKING REGULATORY MATTERS -- Bankers Trust has been advised by its counsel that
in its  opinion  Bankers  Trust  may  perform  the  services  for the  Portfolio
contemplated  by the Advisory  Agreement and other  activities for the Portfolio
described in the Prospectus and this SAI without violation of the Glass-Steagall
Act or other  applicable  banking  laws or  regulations.  However,  counsel  has
pointed  out that  future  changes  in  either  Federal  or state  statutes  and
regulations  concerning the permissible  activities of banks or trust companies,
as well as future judicial or  administrative  decisions or  interpretations  of
present and future  statutes and  regulations,  might prevent Bankers Trust from
continuing to perform those services for the Portfolio. State laws on this issue
may  differ  from the  interpretations  of  relevant  Federal  law and banks and
financial  institutions may be required to register as dealers pursuant to state
securities law. If the circumstances  described above should change,  the Boards
of Directors  would  review the  relationships  with Bankers  Trust and consider
taking all actions necessary in the circumstances.

INDEPENDENT  AUDITORS -- Ernst & Young LLP,  Two  Commerce  Square,  2001 Market
Street,  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  19103 , acts as  independent  auditors of
Security Income Fund and the Portfolio.

ORGANIZATION OF SECURITY INCOME FUND

Security Income Fund was organized as a Kansas corporation on April 20, 1965 and
is  registered  with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  as an investment
company.  Such registration  does not involve  supervision by the Securities and
Exchange Commission of the management or policies of the Fund.

   The  Articles of  Incorporation  of Security  Income  Fund  provides  for the
issuance of shares of common stock in one or more classes or series.

   Security  Income Fund has authorized the issuance of an indefinite  number of
shares of capital  stock of $1.00 par value and  currently  issues its shares in
five series,  Corporate Bond Fund,  Limited Maturity Bond Fund, U.S.  Government
Fund, High Yield Fund and Capital  Preservation  Fund. The shares of each Series
of Security Income Fund represent a pro rata beneficial interest in that Series'
net assets and in the earnings and profits or losses derived from the investment
of such assets.

   Each Series of Security  Income Fund  currently  issues two classes of shares
except  Capital  Preservation  Fund which issues three  classes of shares.  Each
class of shares participates  proportionately  based on their relative net asset
values in dividends and  distributions  and have equal voting,  liquidation  and
other rights except that (i) expenses  related to the distribution of each class
of shares or other  expenses  that the Board of Directors may designate as class
expenses from time to time,  are borne solely by each class;  (ii) each class of
shares has exclusive voting rights with respect to any Distribution Plan adopted
for that class;  (iii) each class has different  exchange  privileges;  and (iv)
each class has a different designation.  When issued and paid for, the shares of
each Series of Security income Fund will be fully paid and nonassessable. Shares
may be exchanged as described under "Exchange Privilege," in the prospecting but
will have no other preference, conversion, exchange or preemptive rights. Shares
are   transferable,   redeemable  and  assignable  and  have  cumulative  voting
privileges for the election of directors.

   On certain  matters,  such as the  election of  directors,  all shares of the
Series of Security  Income Fund vote  together  with each share having one vote.
Under certain  circumstances,  the shareholders of one series of Security Income
Fund could  control the outcome of these  votes.  On other  matters  affecting a
particular Series,  such as the investment  advisory contract or the fundamental
policies,  only shares of that Series are entitled to vote,  and a majority vote
of the shares of that Series is required for approval of the proposal.

   Security  Income Fund does not generally hold annual meetings of shareholders
and will do so only when required by law. Shareholders may remove directors from
office by vote cast in person or by proxy at a meeting of  shareholders.  Such a
meeting will be called at the written  request of 10% of Security  Income Fund's
outstanding shares.

ORGANIZATION OF THE TRUST

BT Investment  Funds was organized on July 21, 1986,  under the name BT Tax-Free
Investment  Trust,  and assumed its current name on May 16, 1988.  The shares of
each series  participate  equally in the  earnings,  dividends and assets of the
particular  series. The Trusts may create and issue additional series of shares.
Each Trust's  Declaration of Trust permits the Trustees to divide or combine the
shares into a greater or lesser number of shares  without  thereby  changing the
proportionate  beneficial  interest in series.  Each share  represents  an equal
proportionate interest in a series with each other share. Shares when issued are
fully  paid and  non-assessable,  except as set forth  below.  Shareholders  are
entitled to one vote for each share held.

   Shares of the Trust do not have  cumulative  voting rights,  which means that
holders of more than 50% of the shares  voting for the  election of Trustees can
elect all Trustees.  Shares are transferable but have no preemptive,  conversion
or subscription rights. Shareholders generally vote by Fund, except with respect
to the election of Trustees.

   Massachusetts   law   provides   that   shareholders   could  under   certain
circumstances  be held  personally  liable  for the  obligations  of the  Trust.
However,  the Trust's Declaration of Trust disclaims  shareholder  liability for
acts or obligations of the Trust and requires that notice of this  disclaimer be
given in each  agreement,  obligation or instrument  entered into or executed by
the Trust or a Trustee.  The  Declaration of Trust provides for  indemnification
from the Trust's  property for all losses and expenses of any  shareholder  held
personally  liable  for  the  obligations  of the  Trust.  Thus,  the  risk of a
shareholder's  incurring  financial loss on account of shareholder  liability is
limited to  circumstances  in which the Trust itself would be unable to meet its
obligations,  a possibility  that the Trust believes is remote.  Upon payment of
any liability  incurred by the Trust, the shareholder  paying the liability will
be entitled to reimbursement  from the general assets of the Trust. The Trustees
intend to conduct the operations of the Trust in a manner so as to avoid, as far
as possible,  ultimate  liability of the  shareholders  for  liabilities  of the
Trust.

   Whenever a Trust is requested to vote on matters  pertaining  to a Portfolio,
the  Trust  will  vote its  shares  without a  meeting  of  shareholders  of the
respective  Fund if the proposal is one, which if made with respect to the Fund,
would not require the vote of shareholders of the Fund as long as such action is
permissible  under  applicable  statutory and regulatory  requirements.  For all
other matters  requiring a vote, a Trust will hold a meeting of  shareholders of
its respective  Fund and, at the meeting of the investors in the Portfolio,  the
Trust  will  cast all of its  votes in the same  proportion  as votes in all its
shares  at the  Portfolio  meeting,  other  investors  with a  greater  pro rata
ownership of the Portfolio could have effective voting control of the operations
of the Portfolio.

TAXATION

TAXATION OF THE FUND -- The Fund intends to qualify  annually to be treated as a
regulated investment company under the Code. To qualify for that treatment,  the
Fund must, among other things,  (a) derive at least 90% of its gross income each
taxable year from dividends, interest, payments with respect to securities loans
and  gains  from  the  sale  or  other  disposition  of  securities  or  foreign
currencies,  or other income  (including gains from options,  futures or forward
contracts)  derived with respect to its business of investing in  securities  or
those currencies (the "Income Requirement"), (b) diversify its holdings so that,
at the end of each quarter of its taxable year, (i) at least 50% of the value of
its assets is represented by cash and cash items (including  receivables),  U.S.
government  securities,  securities of other regulated  investment companies and
other  securities,  with such other  securities of any one issuer  limited to an
amount  not  greater  than 5% of the value of the  Fund's  total  assets and not
greater than 10% of the issuer's outstanding voting securities and (ii) not more
than 25% of the value of its total assets is invested in the  securities  of any
one issuer (other than U.S.  government  securities  or the  securities of other
regulated  investment  companies),  and (c)  distribute for each taxable year at
least 90% of its  investment  company  taxable income  (generally  consisting of
interest,  dividends  and the  excess of net  short-term  capital  gain over net
long-term capital loss).

   The Fund will be subject  to a  nondeductible  4%  federal  excise tax to the
extent it fails to distribute by the end of any calendar year  substantially all
of its  ordinary  income  for that  year and  capital  gain net  income  for the
one-year period ending on October 31 of that year, plus any undistributed amount
from the prior year.

   The  Fund,  as an  investor  in  the  Portfolio,  will  be  deemed  to  own a
proportionate share of the Portfolio's assets, and to earn a proportionate share
of the  Portfolio's  income,  for  purposes  of  determining  whether  the  Fund
satisfies  all the  requirements  described  above  to  qualify  as a  regulated
investment  company.   See  the  next  section  for  a  discussion  of  the  tax
consequences to the Fund of hedging transactions engaged in by the Portfolio.

TAXATION  OF THE  PORTFOLIO  -- The  Portfolio  will be  treated  as a  separate
partnership  for federal income tax purposes and will not be a "publicly  traded
partnership."  As a result,  the Portfolio will not be subject to federal income
tax. Instead,  the Fund and other investors in the Portfolio will be required to
take into  account,  in computing  their  federal  income tax  liability,  their
respective  shares of the  Portfolio's  income,  gains,  losses,  deductions and
credits,  without  regard to whether they have  received any cash  distributions
from the  Portfolio.  The Portfolio  also will not be subject to state income or
franchise tax.

   Because, as noted above, the Fund will be deemed to own a proportionate share
of the Portfolio's  assets, and to earn a proportionate share of the Portfolio's
income, for purposes of determining  whether the Fund satisfies the requirements
to qualify as a regulated  investment company,  the Portfolio intends to conduct
its operations so that the Fund will be able to satisfy all those requirements.

   Distributions  received by the Fund from the Portfolio (whether pursuant to a
partial or complete  withdrawal or otherwise)  generally  will not result in the
Fund's recognizing any gain or loss for federal income tax purposes, except that
(a) gain will be recognized to the extent any cash that is  distributed  exceeds
the Fund's basis for its interest in the  Portfolio  prior to the  distribution,
(b) income or gain will be realized if the distribution is in liquidation of the
Fund's entire interest in the Portfolio and includes a disproportionate share of
any unrealized  receivables held by the Portfolio,  and (c) gain or loss will be
recognized  if  a  liquidation  distribution  consists  solely  of  cash  and/or
unrealized  receivables.  The Fund's  basis for its  interest  in the  Portfolio
generally  will equal the amount of cash and the basis of any  property the Fund
invests in the Portfolio,  increased by the Fund's share of the  Portfolio's net
income  and gains and  decreased  by (i) the amount of any cash and the basis of
any  property  distributed  from the  Portfolio  to the Fund and (ii) the Fund's
share of the Portfolio's losses, if any.

   The  Portfolio's  use of hedging  strategies,  such as writing  (selling) and
purchasing  options  and futures  contracts,  involves  complex  rules that will
determine  for  income  tax  purposes  the  amount,   character  and  timing  of
recognition of the gains and losses it realizes in connection  therewith.  Gains
from options and futures  contracts derived by the Portfolio with respect to its
business of investing in securities  will qualify as permissible  income for the
Fund under the Income Requirement.

   Certain  futures and foreign  currency  contracts in which the  Portfolio may
invest may be subject to section 1256 of the Code  ("section  1256  contracts").
Any section  1256  contracts  held by the  Portfolio  at the end of each taxable
year, other than contracts  subject to a "mixed  straddle"  election made by the
Portfolio,  must be "marked-to-market"  (that is, treated as having been sold at
that time for their fair market value) for federal income tax purposes, with the
result  that  unrealized  gains or losses  will be treated  as though  they were
realized.  Sixty  percent  of any net gain or loss  recognized  on these  deemed
sales, and 60% of any net realized gain or loss from any actual sales of section
1256  contracts,  will be treated as  long-term  capital  gain or loss,  and the
balance  will be  treated  as  short-term  capital  gain or loss.  Section  1256
contracts  also  may be  marked-to-market  for  purposes  of the 4%  excise  tax
mentioned previously.

   Code section 1092  (dealing with  straddles)  also may affect the taxation of
options and futures  contracts in which the Portfolio  may invest.  Section 1092
defines a "straddle" as offsetting  positions with respect to personal property;
for these purposes,  options and futures contracts are personal property.  Under
that  section,  any loss  from  the  disposition  of a  position  in a  straddle
generally  may be deducted  only to the extent the loss  exceeds the  unrealized
gain on the offsetting position(s) of the straddle; in addition, these rules may
apply to postpone the  recognition  of loss that  otherwise  would be recognized
under the  mark-to-market  rules discussed above. The regulations  under section
1092 also provide certain "wash sale" rules, which apply to transactions where a
position is sold at a loss and a new  offsetting  position is acquired  within a
prescribed  period,  and "short  sale" rules  applicable  to  straddles.  If the
Portfolio  makes  certain  elections,   the  amount,  character  and  timing  of
recognition of gains and losses from the affected  straddle  positions  would be
determined under rules that vary according to the elections made. Because only a
few of the regulations  implementing  the straddle rules have been  promulgated,
the tax consequences to the Portfolio of straddle  transactions are not entirely
clear.

   If the  Portfolio  has an  "appreciated  financial  position"--generally,  an
interest (including an interest through an option,  futures or forward contract,
or short sale) with respect to any debt instrument  (other than "straight debt")
or  partnership  interest  the fair market  value of which  exceeds its adjusted
basis--and  enters  into a  "constructive  sale"  of the  same or  substantially
similar  property,  the Portfolio  will be treated as having made an actual sale
thereof,  with  the  result  that  gain  will  be  recognized  at that  time.  A
constructive  sale  generally  consists of a short sale, an offsetting  notional
principal  contract,  or a  futures  or  forward  contract  entered  into by the
Portfolio or a related person with respect to the same or substantially  similar
property.  In addition,  if the appreciated financial position is itself a short
sale or such a contract, acquisition of the underlying property or substantially
similar  property will be deemed a  constructive  sale.  The foregoing  will not
apply,  however, to any transaction during any taxable year that otherwise would
be treated as a  constructive  sale if the  transaction is closed within 30 days
after the end of that year and the  Portfolio  holds the  appreciated  financial
position  unhedged for 60 days after that closing (I.E.,  at no time during that
60-day period is the Portfolio's risk of loss regarding that position reduced by
reason of certain specified  transactions with respect to substantially  similar
or  related  property,  such as having an  option to sell,  being  contractually
obligated  to  sell,   making  a  short  sale  or  granting  an  option  to  buy
substantially identical stock or securities).

OTHER  TAXATION --The  investment by the Fund in the Portfolio  should not cause
the Fund to be liable for any income or franchise tax in the State of New York.

   The Portfolio is organized as a New York trust.  The Portfolio is not subject
to any income or franchise tax in the State of New York or the State of Kansas.

   If the Fund  fails  to  qualify  as a RIC for any  taxable  year,  all of its
taxable  income  will be subject to tax at  regular  corporate  income tax rates
without any deduction for  distributions to shareholders and such  distributions
generally will be taxable to shareholders as ordinary dividends to the extent of
the  Fund's  current  and  accumulated  earnings  and  profits.  In this  event,
distributions  generally will be eligible for the  dividends-received  deduction
for corporate shareholders.

FOREIGN WITHHOLDING TAXES -- Income received and gains realized by the Portfolio
from sources  within foreign  countries may be subject to withholding  and other
taxes imposed by those countries that would reduce the yield and/or total return
on its  securities.  Tax conventions  between  certain  countries and the United
States may reduce or eliminate  these foreign taxes,  however,  and many foreign
countries  do not impose  taxes on capital  gains in respect of  investments  by
foreign investors.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The  financial  statements  for the Fund and the  Portfolio  for the fiscal year
ended  September 30, 1999,  are  incorporated  herein by reference to the Annual
Report to  shareholders  for the Fund and  Portfolio  dated  September 30, 1999.
Copies of the Fund's and the  Portfolio's  Annual  Report are  provided to every
person requesting the Statement of Additional Information.
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                                   APPENDIX A
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DESCRIPTION OF MOODY'S CORPORATE BOND RATINGS

AAA -- Bonds  rated Aaa are  judged to be of the best  quality.  They  carry the
smallest degree of investment risk and are generally referred to as "gilt edge."
Interest payments are protected by a large or by an exceptionally  stable margin
and  principal is secure.  While the various  protective  elements are likely to
change,  such  changes  as can be  visualized  are most  unlikely  to impair the
fundamentally strong position of such issues.

AA -- Bonds rated Aa are judged to be of high quality by all standards. Together
with the Aaa group they comprise what are generally  known as high-grade  bonds.
They are rated lower than the best bonds because  margins of protection  may not
be as large as in Aaa securities or fluctuation of protective elements may be of
greater  amplitude  or  there  may be  other  elements  present  which  make the
long-term risks appear somewhat larger than in Aaa securities.

A -- Bonds rated A possess many  favorable  investment  attributes and are to be
considered  as  upper-medium-grade  obligations.   Factors  giving  security  to
principal and interest are considered adequate but elements may be present which
suggest a susceptibility to impairment sometime in the future.

BAA -- Bonds rated Baa are considered as medium-grade obligations, i.e. they are
neither highly  protected nor poorly  secured.  Interest  payments and principal
security appear adequate for the present but certain protective  elements may be
lacking or may be  characteristically  unreliable over any great length of time.
Such,  bonds  lack  outstanding  investment  characteristics  and in  fact  have
speculative characteristics as well.

BA -- Bonds  rated Ba are  judged to have  speculative  elements.  Their  future
cannot be  considered  as well  assured.  Often the  protection  of interest and
principal  payments may be very moderate and thereby not well safeguarded during
both (good and bad times over the future). Uncertainty of position characterizes
bonds in this class.

B -- Bonds rated B generally  lack  characteristics  of a desirable  investment.
Assurance of interest and principal payments or of maintenance of other terms of
the contract over any long period of time may be small.

CAA -- Bonds  rated Caa are of poor  standing.  Such issues may be in default or
there may be present elements of danger with respect to principal or interest.

CA -- Bonds  rated Ca  represent  obligations  which are  speculative  in a high
degree. Such issues are often in default or have other marked short-comings.

C -- Bonds rated C are the  lowest-rated  class of bonds and issued so rated can
be  regarded as having  extremely  poor  prospects  of ever  attaining  any real
investment standing.

   Moody's  applies  numerical  modifiers,  1, 2, and 3, in each generic  rating
classification  from Aa through B in its corporate  bond system.  The modifier 1
indicates  that the  security  ranks in the  higher  end of its  generic  rating
category;  the  modifier 2  indicates a mid-range  ranking;  and the  modifier 3
indicates that the issue ranks in the lower end of its generic rating category.

DESCRIPTION OF S&P'S CORPORATE BOND RATINGS

AAA -- Debt rated AAA has the highest rating  assigned by Standard & Poor's to a
debt  obligation.  Capacity to pay  interest  and repay  principal  is extremely
strong.

AA -- Debt  rated  AA has a very  strong  capacity  to pay  interest  and  repay
principal and differs from the higher-rated issues only in small degree.

A -- Debt rated A has a strong  capacity to pay  interest  and repay  principal,
although it is somewhat more  susceptible  to the adverse  effects of changes in
circumstances and economic conditions.

BBB -- Debt rated BBB is regarded as having an adequate capacity to pay interest
and  repay  principal.   Whereas  it  normally  exhibits   adequate   protection
parameters,  adverse  economic  conditions  or changing  circumstances  are more
likely to lead to weakened capacity to pay interest and repay principal for debt
in this category than in higher-rated categories.

BB -- Debt  rate BB has less  near-term  vulnerability  to  default  than  other
speculative issues. However, it faces major ongoing uncertainties or exposure to
adverse  business,  financial,  or  economic  conditions  which  could  lead  to
inadequate capacity to meet timely interest and principal payments.

B -- Debt rated B has a greater  vulnerability  to default but currently has the
capacity to meet interest payments and principal  repayments.  Adverse business,
financial,  or economic conditions will likely impair capacity or willingness to
pay interest and repay  principal.  The B rating  category is also used for debt
subordinated to senior debt that is assigned an actual or implied BB- rating.

CCC -- Debt rated CCC has a currently identifiable vulnerability to default, and
is dependent upon favorable business, financial, and economic conditions to meet
timely  payment of interest and repayment of principal.  In the event of adverse
business,  financial,  or  economic  conditions,  it is not  likely  to have the
capacity to pay interest and repay principal.

CC -- Debt rated CC is  typically  applied to debt  subordinated  to senior debt
which is assigned an actual or implied CCC debt rating.

C -- The rating C is typically applied to debt subordinated to senior debt which
is assigned an actual or implied CCC- debt  rating.  The C rating may be used to
cover a situation  where a  bankruptcy  petition has been filed but debt service
payments are continued.

CI -- The rating CI is reserved  for income  bonds on which no interest is being
paid.

D -- Debt  rated D is in payment  default.  The D rating  category  is used when
interest payments or principal payments are not made on the date due even if the
applicable grace period has not expired,  unless S&P believes that such payments
will be made during such grace  period.  The D rating will also be used upon the
filing of a bankruptcy petition if debt service payments are jeopardized.

   Plus (+) or minus (-):  The ratings from "AA" to "CCC" may be modified by the
addition  of a plus or minus  sign to show  relative  standing  within the major
rating categories.

DUFF & PHELPS' LONG-TERM DEBT RATINGS

AAA -- Highest  credit  quality.  The risk  factors are  negligible,  being only
slightly more than for risk-free U.S. Treasury debt.

AA+,  AA, AA- -- High credit  quality.  Protection  factors are strong.  Risk is
modest but may vary slightly from time to time because of economic conditions.

A+, A, A- -- Protection factors are average but adequate.  However, risk factors
are more variable and greater in periods of economic stress.

BBB+,  BBB,  BBB- --  Below-average  protection  factors  but  still  considered
sufficient  for  prudent  investment.  Considerable  variability  in risk during
economic cycles.

BB+, BB, BB- -- Below investment grade but deemed likely to meet obligation when
due. Present or prospective  financial protection factors fluctuate according to
industry  conditions or company  fortunes.  Overall  quality may move up or down
frequently within this category.

B+, B, B- -- Below  investment  grade and possessing risk that  obligations will
not  be met  when  due.  Financial  protection  factors  will  fluctuate  widely
according to economic  cycles,  industry  conditions  and/or  company  fortunes.
Potential exists for frequent changes in the rating within this category or into
a higher or lower rating grade.

CCC -- Well below investment-grade  securities.  Considerable uncertainty exists
as to timely payment of principal,  interest or preferred dividends.  Protection
factors   are   narrow   and   risk   can  be   substantial   with   unfavorable
economic/industry conditions, and/or with unfavorable company developments.

DD -- Defaulted  debt  obligations.  Issuer failed to meet  scheduled  principal
and/or interest payments.

DP -- Preferred stock with dividend arrearages.

DESCRIPTION OF MOODY'S SHORT-TERM DEBT RATINGS

Issuers  rated  PRIME-1 (or  related  supporting  institutions)  have a superior
capacity for repayment of short-term promissory  obligations.  Prime-1 repayment
capacity will normally be evidenced by the  following  characteristics:  leasing
market positions in well-established  industries;  high rates of return on funds
employed;  conservative capitalization structures with moderate reliance on debt
and  ample  asset  protection;  broad  margins  in  earnings  coverage  of fixed
financial charges and high internal cash generation;  well-established access to
a range of financial markets and assured sources of alternate liquidity.

Issuers  rated  PRIME-2  (or  related  supporting  institutions)  have a  strong
capacity for repayment of short-term promissory obligations.  This will normally
be evidenced by many of the characteristics  cited above but to a lesser degree.
Earnings  trends and  coverage  ratios,  while  sound,  will be more  subject to
variation. Capitalization characteristics,  while still appropriate, may be more
affected by external conditions. Ample alternate liquidity is maintained.

Issuers rated PRIME-3 (or related  supporting  institutions)  have an acceptable
capacity  for  repayment of  short-term  promissory  obligations.  The effect of
industry   characteristics  and  market  composition  may  be  more  pronounced.
Variability in earnings and  profitability may result in changes in the level of
debt protection  measurements  and the requirement for relatively high financial
leverage. Adequate alternate liquidity is maintained.

DESCRIPTION OF S&P SHORT-TERM ISSUER CREDIT RATINGS

A-1 -- An  obligor  rated  `A-1'  has  STRONG  capacity  to meet  its  financial
commitments.  It is rated in the highest  category by Standard & Poor's.  Within
this  category,  certain  obligors  are  designated  with a plus sign (+).  This
indicates  that the  obligor's  capacity to meet its  financial  commitments  is
EXTREMELY STRONG.

A-2 -- An obligor  rated `A-2' has  SATISFACTORY  capacity to meet its financial
commitments.  However, it is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of
changes in  circumstances  and economic  conditions than obligors in the highest
rating category.

A-3 -- An  obligor  rated  `A-3' has  ADEQUATE  capacity  to meet its  financial
obligations.  However, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are
more likely to lead to a weakened  capacity of the obligor to meet its financial
commitments.

DESCRIPTION OF DUFF & PHELPS' COMMERCIAL PAPER RATINGS

D-1+ -- Highest  certainty of timely payment.  Short term  liquidity,  including
internal  operating  factors and/or access to alternative  sources of funds,  is
outstanding,  and  safety  is just  below  risk free U.S.  Treasury  short  term
obligations.

D-1 -- Very high certainty of timely  payment.  Liquidity  factors are excellent
and supported by good fundamental protection factors. Risk factors are minor.

D-1- -- High  certainty  of timely  payment.  Liquidity  factors  are strong and
supported by good fundamental protection factors. Risk factors are very small.

D-2  --  Good  certainty  of  timely  payment.  Liquidity  factors  and  company
fundamentals  are  sound.  Although  ongoing  funding  needs may  enlarge  total
financing  requirements,  access to capital  markets is good.  Risk  factors are
small.

D-3 -- Satisfactory  liquidity and other protection factors qualify issues as to
investment  grade.  Risk  factors  are  larger and  subject  to more  variation.
Nevertheless, timely payment is expected.

DESCRIPTION OF MOODY'S INSURANCE FINANCIAL STRENGTH RATINGS

AAA -- Insurance companies rated Aaa offer exceptional financial security. While
the financial  strength of these companies is likely to change,  such changes as
can be  visualized  are most  unlikely  to  impair  their  fundamentally  strong
position.

AA -- Insurance companies rated Aa offer excellent financial security.  Together
with the Aaa  group  they  constitute  what are  generally  known as high  grade
companies.  They are rated  lower than Aaa  companies  because  long-term  risks
appear somewhat larger.

A --  Insurance  companies  rated  A offer  good  financial  security.  However,
elements may be present which suggest a susceptibility to impairment sometime in
the future.

BAA -- Insurance companies rated Baa offer adequate financial security. However,
certain  protective  elements  may  be  lacking  or  may  be  characteristically
unreliable over any great length of time.

BA -- Insurance companies rated Ba offer questionable financial security.  Often
the  ability of these  companies  to meet  policyholder  obligations  maybe very
moderate and thereby not well safeguarded in the future.

B -- Insurance  companies  rated B offer poor financial  security.  Assurance of
punctual  payment of  policyholder  obligations  over any long period of time is
small.

CAA -- Insurance  companies rated Caa offer very poor financial  security.  They
may be in  default  on their  policyholder  obligations  or there may be present
elements of danger with respect to punctual payment of policyholder  obligations
and claims.

CA -- Insurance companies rated Ca offer extremely poor financial security. Such
companies are often in default on their  policyholder  obligations or have other
marked shortcomings.

C -- Insurance companies rated C are the lowest rated class of insurance company
and can be  regarded  as  having  extremely  poor  prospects  of  ever  offering
financial security.

   Numeric modifiers:  Numeric modifiers are used to refer to the ranking within
the group -- one being the  highest and three  being the  lowest.  However,  the
financial strength of companies within a generic rating symbol (Aa, for example)
is broadly the same.

DESCRIPTION OF S&P CLAIMS PAYING ABILITY RATING DEFINITIONS

SECURE RANGE -- AAA to BBB

"AAA" -- Superior financial security on an absolute and relative basis. Capacity
to meet policyholder obligations is overwhelming under a variety of economic and
underwriting conditions.

"AA" -- Excellent financial security.  Capacity to meet policyholder obligations
is strong under a variety of economic and underwriting conditions.

"A" -- Good financial security, but capacity to meet policyholder obligations is
somewhat susceptible to adverse economic and underwriting conditions.

"BBB"  --  Adequate  financial  security,  but  capacity  to  meet  policyholder
obligations is susceptible to adverse economic and underwriting conditions.

VULNERABLE RANGE -- BB to CCC

"BB" -- Financial  security may be adequate,  but capacity to meet  policyholder
obligations,  particularly with respect to long-term or "long-tail" policies, is
vulnerable to adverse economic and underwriting conditions.

"B" --  Vulnerable  financial  security.  Currently  able to  meet  policyholder
obligations,  but  capacity to meet  policyholder  obligations  is  particularly
vulnerable to adverse economic and underwriting conditions.

"CCC" -- Extremely  vulnerable  financial  security.  Continued capacity to meet
policyholder  obligations is highly  questionable  unless favorable economic and
underwriting conditions prevail.

"R" --  Regulatory  action.  As of the  date  indicated,  the  insurer  is under
supervision  of insurance  regulators  following  rehabilitation,  receivership,
liquidation,  or any other action that  reflects  regulatory  concern  about the
insurer's  financial  condition.  Information  on this status is provided by the
National  Association of Insurance  Commissioners  and other regulatory  bodies.
Although  believed to be accurate,  this information is not guaranteed.  The "R"
rating does not apply to insurers  subject only to nonfinancial  actions such as
market conduct violations.

   Plus  (+) or  minus  (-)  Ratings  from  "AA" to "B" may be  modified  by the
addition  of a plus or minus  sign to show  relative  standing  within the major
rating categories.

DUFF & PHELPS' CLAIMS PAYING ABILITY RATINGS

AAA -- Highest claims paying ability. Risk factors are negligible.

AA+, AA, AA- -- Very high claims paying ability.  Protection factors are strong.
Risk is  modest,  but  may  vary  slightly  over  time  due to  economic  and/or
underwriting conditions.

A+, A, A- -- High  claims  paying  ability.  Protection  factors are average and
there is an expectation of variability in risk over time due to economic  and/or
underwriting conditions.

BBB+,  BBB,  BBB- -- Adequate  claims  paying  ability.  Protection  factors are
adequate.  There is  considerable  variability in risk over time due to economic
and/or underwriting conditions.

BB+, BB, BB- -- Uncertain  claims paying ability and less than investment  grade
quality.  However,  the company is deemed likely to meet these  obligations when
due.  Protection  factors  will vary  widely  with  changes in  economic  and/or
underwriting conditions.

B+, B, B- -- Possessing risk that  policyholder and  contractholder  obligations
will not be paid when due.  Protection  factors will vary widely with changes in
economic and underwriting conditions or company fortunes.

CCC  --  There  is  substantial  risk  that   policyholder  and   contractholder
obligations  will not be paid  when  due.  Company  has been or is  likely to be
placed under state insurance department supervision.

DD -- Company is under an order of liquidation.
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                                   APPENDIX B
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REDUCED SALES CHARGES

CLASS A SHARES -- Initial sales charges may be reduced or eliminated for persons
or organizations  purchasing Class A shares of the Funds alone or in combination
with Class A shares of certain other Security Funds.

   For  purposes of  qualifying  for reduced  sales  charges on  purchases  made
pursuant to Rights of Accumulation or a Statement of Intention (also referred to
as a "Letter of Intent"),  the term "Purchaser"  includes the following persons:
an  individual,  his or her spouse and  children  under the age 21; a trustee or
other fiduciary of a single trust estate or single fiduciary account established
for their benefit;  an organization exempt from federal income tax under Section
501(c)(3) or (13) of the Internal Revenue Code; or a pension,  profit-sharing or
other  employee  benefit plan whether or not qualified  under Section 401 of the
Internal Revenue Code.

RIGHTS OF  ACCUMULATION  -- A Purchaser may combine all previous  purchases with
his or her contemplated  current  purchases of Class A Shares of a Fund, for the
purpose of determining the sales charge applicable to the current purchase.  For
example,  an  investor  who already  owns Class A shares of a Fund either  worth
$90,000 at the  applicable  current  offering price or purchased for $90,000 and
who invests an  additional  $25,000,  is entitled to a reduced  front-end  sales
charge of 2.5% on the latter  purchase.  The Underwriter must be notified when a
sale takes  place which  would  qualify  for the reduced  charge on the basis of
previous purchases subject to confirmation of the investor's holding through the
Fund's records.  Rights of accumulation  apply also to purchases  representing a
combination  of the Class A shares  of the Fund,  together  with  other  Class A
shares of the Security Funds other than Cash Fund.

STATEMENT OF INTENTION -- A Purchaser may sign a Statement of  Intention,  which
may be signed within 90 days after the first purchase to be included thereunder,
in the form provided by the Underwriter  covering purchases of Class A shares of
the Fund,  together  with other Class A shares of the Security  Funds other than
Cash Fund to be made  within a period of 13 months  (or a  36-month  period  for
purchases  of $1 million or more) and thereby  become  eligible  for the reduced
front-end  sales charge  applicable  to the actual  amount  purchased  under the
Statement.  Five percent of the amount  specified in the  Statement of Intention
will be held in escrow  shares until the  Statement is completed or  terminated.
The shares so held may be  redeemed  by the Fund if the  investor is required to
pay additional sales charges which may be due if the amount of purchases made by
the  Purchaser  during the period the  Statement  is  effective is less than the
total specified in the Statement of Intention.

   A Statement of  Intention  may be revised  during the  13-month  period (or a
36-month period for purchases of $1 million or more).  Additional Class A shares
received from  reinvestment of income dividends and capital gains  distributions
are included in the total amount used to determine  reduced sales  charges.  The
Statement is not a binding  obligation upon the investor to purchase or any Fund
to sell the full indicated amount. A Statement of Intention form may be obtained
from the Fund. An investor considering signing such an agreement should read the
Statement of Intention carefully.

REINSTATEMENT  PRIVILEGE -- Stockholders  who redeem their Class A shares of the
Fund have a one-time  privilege  (1) to reinstate  their  accounts by purchasing
shares  without  a  sales  charge  up to the  dollar  amount  of the  redemption
proceeds,  or (2) to the extent the redeemed shares would have been eligible for
the exchange  privilege,  to purchase  Class A shares of another of the Security
Funds,  without  a  sales  charge  up to the  dollar  amount  of the  redemption
proceeds.  Written  notice  and a check in the amount of the  reinvestment  from
eligible  stockholders wishing to exercise this reinstatement  privilege must be
received by a fund within 30 days after the redemption  request was received (or
such longer  period as may be  permitted  by rules and  regulations  promulgated
under the Investment Company Act of 1940). The reinstatement or exchange will be
made at the net asset value next determined  after the  reinvestment is received
by the Fund.  Stockholders making use of the reinstatement privilege should note
that any gains realized upon the redemption will be taxable while any losses may
be deferred under the "wash sale" provision of the Internal Revenue Code.


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